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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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