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 in
Alphabets
1827
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
59
0
32
👆🏻
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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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
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
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Munster Irish
Tartu
Where They Speak
Munster
Georgia, South Estonia
How Many People Speak
150,000.001,300,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
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
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
48
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.79 million1.10 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.03 %0.03 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.14 million0.95 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.65 million1.10 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
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
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
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