Languages

Estonian

Language

Citation Formats

General Reference

Language Atlas. "Estonian." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-language.interactiveatlas.org/languages/estonian.

APA Style

Language Atlas. (n.d.). Estonian. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-language.interactiveatlas.org/languages/estonian

BibTeX

@misc{languageatlas-estonian,
  author = {Language Atlas},
  title = {Estonian},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://dev-language.interactiveatlas.org/languages/estonian},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

Estonian is a Uralic language and the official language of Estonia, written using the Latin alphabet and the first language of the majority of the country's population.

Facts

ISO 639-3 Code

est 1

Speaker Count

1,200,000 1

2022 estimate.

Cross-Tradition Connections

In Family

Uralic

Source Wikipedia: Estonian Language

Sources

1. Wikipedia: Estonian Language

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Estonian is a Uralic language, and is the official language of Estonia. Today, it is written using the Latin alphabet and is the first language of the majority of the country's population.

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1. Wikipedia: Estonian Language

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