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Irish and Finnish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland  
European Union, Ireland  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden  
Ireland  

Second Language
Estonia  
Ireland  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden  
United Kingdom  

Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland  
Foras na Gaeilge  

Interesting Facts
  • Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
  • In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
  
  • In Irish language, there are no exact words for "yes" or "no".
  • There are different set of numbers for counting humans and another set for counting non-humans in Irish Language.
  

Similar To
Estonian and Livonian Languages  
Scottish Gaelic and Welsh Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
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Irish-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
29  
11
18  
1

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
5  
2

How Many Consonants
13  
3
13  
3

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Moi  
Dia dhuit  

Thank You
Kiitos  
Go raibh maith agat  

How Are You?
Mitä kuuluu?  
Conas atá tú ?  

Good Night
hyvää yötä  
Oíche mhaith  

Good Evening
Hyvää iltaa  
Tráthnóna maith duit  

Good Afternoon
Hyvää iltapäivää  
Tráthnóna maith duit  

Good Morning
Hyvää huomenta  
Dia dhuit ar maidin  

Please
haluta  
le do thoil  

Sorry
Anteeksi  
Tá brón orm  

Bye
Heippa  
Slán  

I Love You
Minä rakastan sinua  
Is breá liom thú  

Excuse Me
Anteeksi  
Gabh mo leithscéal  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Colloquial Finnish  
Connacht Irish  

Where They Speak
Finland  
Connacht  

How Many People Speak
5,600,000.00  
99+
100,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Rauma  
Munster Irish  

Where They Speak
Finland, Rauma  
Munster  

How Many People Speak
5,600,000.00  
99+
150,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Meänkieli  
Ulster Irish  

Where They Speak
Finland, Sweden  
Ulster  

How Many People Speak
60,000.00  
99+
140,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.40 million  
99+
1.79 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.03 %  
99+

Native Speakers
5.40 million  
99+
0.14 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.01 million  
99+
1.65 million  
99+

Native Name
suomi / suomen kieli  
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge  

Alternative Names
Suomi  
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish  

French Name
finnois  
irlandais moyen  

German Name
Finnisch  
Mittelirisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈsuomi]  
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]  

Ethnicity
ethnic Finns  
Irish people  

History

Origin
1543  
c. 750  

Language Family
Uralic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric  
Celtic  

Branch
Finnic  
Goidelic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Finnic language  
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish  

Standard Forms
standard Finnish  
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil  

Language Position
22  
20
25  
23

Signed Forms
Signed Finnish  
Irish Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
fi  
ga  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fin  
gle  

ISO 639 2/B
fin  
gle  

ISO 639 3
fin  
gle  

ISO 639 6
fin  
gle  

Glottocode
finn1318  
iris1253  

Linguasphere
No data available  
50-AAA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Verb-Subject-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
Fusional  

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All Finnish and Irish Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Finnish and Irish dialects. Various dialects of Finnish and Irish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Finnish are spoken in different Finnish Speaking Countries whereas Irish Dialects are spoken in different Irish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Finnish vs Irish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Finnish dialects include: Colloquial Finnish, Rauma. Irish dialects include: Connacht Irish , Munster Irish. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Finnish and Irish Speaking population

Finnish and Irish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Finnish and Irish languages can be compared. The total count of Finnish and Irish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Finnish language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Irish language is 0.03 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Finnish and Irish on Finnish vs Irish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Finnish and Irish Language Codes

Finnish and Irish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Finnish and Irish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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