Estonian

Also known as Estonian language, North Estonian, North Estonian language, Northern Estonian, Northern Estonian language

Finnic language

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Estonian is a Finnic language spoken primarily in Estonia as its official language. It matters as the native language of the Estonian people and a key part of Estonian cultural and national identity.

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short name: эстойнаг
Wikimedia language code: et
Commons category: Estonian language
native label: eesti keel
number of speakers, writers, or signers: 1251770
exact match: afbo.info/languages/4
P10369: Jesus
P11012: São Paulo
entry in abbreviations table: эст.
P8168: Ocean's 11
female form of label: la langue estonienne

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Estonian (eesti keel [ˈeːsʲti ˈkeːl] ) is a Finnic language 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.

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