Irish and Finnish
Countries
European Union, Ireland
European Union, Finland
National Language
Ireland
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden
Second Language
Ireland
Estonia
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
United Kingdom
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden
Regulated By
Foras na Gaeilge
Institute for the Languages of Finland
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.
- Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
- In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
Similar To
Scottish Gaelic and Welsh Languages
Estonian and Livonian Languages
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Go raibh maith agat
Kiitos
How Are You?
Conas atá tú ?
Mitä kuuluu?
Good Night
Oíche mhaith
hyvää yötä
Good Evening
Tráthnóna maith duit
Hyvää iltaa
Good Afternoon
Tráthnóna maith duit
Hyvää iltapäivää
Good Morning
Dia dhuit ar maidin
Hyvää huomenta
Please
le do thoil
haluta
Sorry
Tá brón orm
Anteeksi
I Love You
Is breá liom thú
Minä rakastan sinua
Excuse Me
Gabh mo leithscéal
Anteeksi
Dialect 1
Connacht Irish
Colloquial Finnish
Where They Speak
Connacht
Finland
Dialect 2
Munster Irish
Rauma
Where They Speak
Munster
Finland, Rauma
Dialect 3
Ulster Irish
Meänkieli
Where They Speak
Ulster
Finland, Sweden
Native Name
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
suomi / suomen kieli
Alternative Names
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
Suomi
French Name
irlandais moyen
finnois
German Name
Mittelirisch
Finnisch
Pronunciation
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
[ˈsuomi]
Ethnicity
Irish people
ethnic Finns
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Uralic Family
Subgroup
Celtic
Finno-Ugric
Early Forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
Proto-Finnic language
Standard Forms
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
standard Finnish
Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language
Signed Finnish
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
iris1253
finn1318
Linguasphere
50-AAA
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Agglutinative, Synthetic
All Irish and Finnish 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 Finnish dialects. Various dialects of Irish and Finnish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Irish are spoken in different Irish Speaking Countries whereas Finnish Dialects are spoken in different Finnish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Irish vs Finnish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Irish dialects include: Connacht Irish, Munster Irish. Finnish dialects include: Colloquial Finnish , Rauma. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Irish and Finnish Speaking population
Irish and Finnish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Irish and Finnish languages can be compared. The total count of Irish and Finnish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Irish language is 0.03 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Finnish language is 0.13 %. 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 Finnish on Irish vs Finnish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Irish and Finnish Language Codes
Irish and Finnish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Irish and Finnish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.