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Estonian vs Irish


Irish vs Estonian


Countries

Countries
Estonia, European Union  
European Union, Ireland  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Estonia, Gambia  
Ireland  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Ireland  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Denmark, Russia, Sweden  
United Kingdom  

Regulated By
Institute of the Estonian Language  
Foras na Gaeilge  

Interesting Facts
  • Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
  • Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  
  • 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
Finnish  
Not Available  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Estonian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Irish-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
27  
9
18  
1

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
5  
2

How Many Consonants
18  
8
13  
3

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
36 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
Tere  
Dia dhuit  

Thank You
aitäh  
Go raibh maith agat  

How Are You?
kuidas sul läheb  
Conas atá tú ?  

Good Night
Head ööd  
Oíche mhaith  

Good Evening
Tere õhtust  
Tráthnóna maith duit  

Good Afternoon
Tere päevast  
Tráthnóna maith duit  

Good Morning
Tere hommikust  
Dia dhuit ar maidin  

Please
Palun  
le do thoil  

Sorry
Vabandust  
Tá brón orm  

Bye
Head aega  
Slán  

I Love You
ma armastan sind  
Is breá liom thú  

Excuse Me
Vabandage  
Gabh mo leithscéal  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Keskmurre  
Connacht Irish  

Where They Speak
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia  
Connacht  

Dialect 2
Tartu  
Munster Irish  

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Estonia  
Munster  

Dialect 3
Idamurre  
Ulster Irish  

Where They Speak
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.  
Ulster  

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
0.95 million  
99+
0.14 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
1.65 million  
35

Native Name
eesti keel  
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge  

Alternative Names
Eesti keel  
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish  

French Name
estonien  
irlandais moyen  

German Name
Estnisch  
Mittelirisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]  

Ethnicity
Estonians  
Irish people  

History

Origin
13th century  
c. 750  

Language Family
Uralic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric  
Celtic  

Branch
Finnic  
Goidelic  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Estonian  
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil  

Signed Forms
Estonian Sign Language  
Irish Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
et  
ga  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
est  
gle  

ISO 639 2/B
est  
gle  

ISO 639 3
est  
gle  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
esto1258  
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  
Fusional  

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Estonian and Irish Language History

Comparison of Estonian vs Irish language history gives us differences between origin of Estonian and Irish language. History of Estonian language states that this language originated in 13th century whereas history of Irish language states that this language originated in c. 750. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Estonian and Irish Language History.

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Estonian and Irish Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Estonian and Irish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Estonian and Irish language. Estonian word for "Hello" is Tere or Irish word for "Thank You" is Go raibh maith agat. Find more of such common Estonian Greetings and Irish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Estonian vs Irish Difficulty

The Estonian vs Irish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Estonian Alphabets and Irish Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Estonian and Irish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Estonian and Irish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Estonian is 44 weeks while to learn Irish time required is 36 weeks.

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