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ESTONIAN LANGUAGE FACTS:
NATIVE: Eesti Keel
NATIVE SPEAKERS: Approximately 1.2 million
OFFICIAL LANGUAGE IN: Estonia and the European Union
WRITING SYSTEMS: Latin Script (Estonian alphabet)
REGULATED BY: Eesti Keele Instituut, Emakeele Selts (Institute of the Estonian Language)
Language
Estonian belongs to the Finnic branch of the Uralic language family. It is a subject–verb–object language. The Estonian language is still undergoing a process of renormalization in Estonian functional domains. During the Soviet era, policies discouraged the use of the Estonian language in favor of Russian. Since 1988, the renormalization process has been slow and difficult
Economic Significance
As the sole official language of Estonia, knowledge of Estonian is crucial when working in business and government contexts.
History
Modern standard Estonian evolved from Finnic languages.
Dialects
Northern and Southern
Additional Reading:
Development Strategy of the Estonian Language (Translated into English)
The Russians of Estonia: Twenty Years After, World Affairs Journal