Estonian language

Estonian
eesti keel
Native toEstonia
EthnicityEstonians
Native speakers
1.2 million (2022)[1]
Uralic
  • Finnic
    • Southern Finnic
      • Estonian
Dialects
Latin (Estonian alphabet)
Estonian Braille
Official status
Official language in
Estonia
European Union
Regulated byInstitute of the Estonian Language / Eesti Keele Instituut
Language codes
ISO 639-1et
ISO 639-2est
ISO 639-3est – inclusive code
Individual codes:
ekk – Standard Estonian
vro – Võro
Glottologesto1258
Linguasphere41-AAA-d
Estonian is official in Estonia (dark green) and in the European Union (light green)
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Estonian (eesti keel [ˈeːsʲti ˈkeːl] ⓘ) is a Finnic language of the Uralic family. Estonian is 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]

  1. ^ Estonian at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
    Standard Estonian at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
    Võro at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^ "Estonian in a World Context". Estonica. Archived from the original on 27 September 2018. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  3. ^ "The Estonian Language". Estonica.org. Retrieved 15 October 2022.