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Finnish and Irish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Ireland   
European Union, Finland   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

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

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

Alphabets
18   
1
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
8   
5

How Many Consonants
13   
3
13   
3

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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   

Dialects

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   
60,000.00   
31

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
21   
19

How Many People Speak

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   

History

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   

Code

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   

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All Irish and Finnish Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Irish and Finnish dialects. Various dialects of Irish and Finnish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Irish are spoken in different Irish Speaking Countries whereas Finnish Dialects are spoken in different Finnish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Irish vs Finnish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Irish dialects include: Connacht Irish, Munster Irish. Finnish dialects include: Colloquial Finnish , Rauma. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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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.

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