Countries
European Union, Ireland
  
Estonia, European Union
  
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
Not Available
  
Finnish
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Irish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Estonian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
Dialect 2
Munster Irish
  
Tartu
  
Where They Speak
Munster
  
Georgia, South Estonia
  
Dialect 3
Ulster Irish
  
Idamurre
  
Where They Speak
Ulster
  
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.
  
How Many People Speak?
1.79 million
  
99+
1.10 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.14 million
  
99+
0.95 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
1.65 million
  
35
Not Available
  
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]
  
Not Available
  
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
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 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 Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Estonian language is Not Available. 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.