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Irish

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Estonian



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Countries

Countries

European Union, Ireland
Estonia, European Union

Total No. Of Countries

22
0 46
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National Language

Ireland
Estonia, Gambia

Second Language

Ireland
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Europe
Europe

Minority Language

United Kingdom
Denmark, Russia, Sweden

Regulated By

Foras na Gaeilge
Institute of the Estonian Language

Interesting Facts

  • 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.
  • Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
  • Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.

Similar To

Scottish Gaelic and Welsh Languages
Finnish

Derived From

-
-

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

1827
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

59
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1318
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

52
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

36 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Dia dhuit
Tere

Thank You

Go raibh maith agat
aitäh

How Are You?

Conas atá tú ?
kuidas sul läheb

Good Night

Oíche mhaith
Head ööd

Good Evening

Tráthnóna maith duit
Tere õhtust

Good Afternoon

Tráthnóna maith duit
Tere päevast

Good Morning

Dia dhuit ar maidin
Tere hommikust

Please

le do thoil
Palun

Sorry

Tá brón orm
Vabandust

Bye

Slán
Head aega

I Love You

Is breá liom thú
ma armastan sind

Excuse Me

Gabh mo leithscéal
Vabandage

Dialects

Dialect 1

Connacht Irish
Keskmurre

Where They Speak

Connacht
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia

How Many People Speak

100,000.001,300,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Munster Irish
Tartu

Where They Speak

Munster
Georgia, South Estonia

How Many People Speak

150,000.001,300,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Ulster Irish
Idamurre

Where They Speak

Ulster
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.

How Many People Speak

140,000.001,300,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

48
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

1.79 million1.10 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.03 %0.03 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

0.14 million0.95 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

1.65 million1.10 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
eesti keel

Alternative Names

Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
Eesti keel

French Name

irlandais moyen
estonien

German Name

Mittelirisch
Estnisch

Pronunciation

[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
[eˈstˑoˑniˑa]

Ethnicity

Irish people
Estonians

History

Origin

c. 750
13th century

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Uralic Family

Subgroup

Celtic
Finno-Ugric

Branch

Goidelic
Finnic

Language Forms

Early Forms

Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
No early forms

Standard Forms

An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
Estonian

Language Position

2522
1 120
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Signed Forms

Irish Sign Language
Estonian Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

ga
et

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

gle
est

ISO 639 2/B

gle
est

ISO 639 3

gle
est

ISO 639 6

gle
est

Glottocode

iris1253
esto1258

Linguasphere

50-AAA
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional
Agglutinative

Irish and Estonian Alphabets

Irish and Estonian Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Irish and Estonian. In Irish Alphabets there are 18 letters while in Estonian Alphabets there are 27 letters. To learn Irish and Estonian languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Irish and Estonian languages. The Irish phonology consist Irish vowels and Irish consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Irish greetings vs Estonian greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Irish and Estonian are Most Spoken Languages.

All Irish and Estonian 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 Irish and Estonian dialects. Various dialects of Irish and Estonian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Irish are spoken in different Irish Speaking Countries whereas Estonian Dialects are spoken in different Estonian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Irish vs Estonian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Irish dialects include: Connacht Irish, Munster Irish. Estonian dialects include: Keskmurre , Tartu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Irish and Estonian Speaking population

Irish and Estonian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Irish and Estonian languages can be compared. The total count of Irish and Estonian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Irish language is 0.03 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Estonian 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 Irish and Estonian on Irish vs Estonian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Irish and Estonian Language Codes

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