Estonian language
Finnic language mostly spoken in Estonia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Estonian (eesti keel [ˈeːsʲti ˈkeːl] ⓘ) is a Uralic language belonging to the Finnic branch of the family and the official language of Estonia. It is written in the Latin script and is the first language of the majority of the country's population; it is also an official language of the European Union. Estonian is spoken natively by about 1.1 million people: 922,000 people in Estonia and 160,000 elsewhere.[2][3]
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Estonian | |
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eesti keel | |
Native to | Estonia |
Ethnicity | Estonians |
Native speakers | 1.2 million (2022)[1] |
Uralic
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Latin (Estonian alphabet) Estonian Braille | |
Official status | |
Official language in | Estonia European Union |
Regulated by | Institute of the Estonian Language / Eesti Keele Instituut |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-1 | et |
ISO 639-2 | est |
ISO 639-3 | est – inclusive codeIndividual codes: ekk – Standard Estonianvro – Võro |
Glottolog | esto1258 |
Linguasphere | 41-AAA-d |
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