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Irish vs Estonian


Estonian vs Irish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Ireland   
Estonia, European Union   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

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

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

Alphabets
18   
1
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
9   
6

How Many Consonants
13   
3
18   
8

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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   

Dialects

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.   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
8   
8

How Many People Speak

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   

History

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   

Code

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   

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Irish and Estonian Language History

Comparison of Irish vs Estonian language history gives us differences between origin of Irish and Estonian language. History of Irish language states that this language originated in c. 750 whereas history of Estonian language states that this language originated in 13th century. 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 Irish and Estonian Language History.

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Irish and Estonian 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 Irish and Estonian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Irish and Estonian language. Irish word for "Hello" is Dia dhuit or Estonian word for "Thank You" is aitäh. Find more of such common Irish Greetings and Estonian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Irish vs Estonian Difficulty

The Irish vs Estonian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Irish Alphabets and Estonian 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 Irish and Estonian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Irish and Estonian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Irish is 36 weeks while to learn Estonian time required is 44 weeks.

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