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
Not Available
  
Estonian and Livonian Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Finnish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Dia dhuit
  
Moi
  
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
  
Bye
Slán
  
Heippa
  
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
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
1.79 million
  
99+
5.40 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.14 million
  
99+
5.40 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
1.65 million
  
35
0.01 million
  
39
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
  
Origin
c. 750
  
1543
  
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
  
Proto-Finnic language
  
Standard Forms
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
  
standard Finnish
  
Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language
  
Signed Finnish
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ga
  
fi
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
gle
  
fin
  
ISO 639 2/B
gle
  
fin
  
ISO 639 3
gle
  
fin
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
iris1253
  
finn1318
  
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, Synthetic
  
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 Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Finnish 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 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.