The Estonian language (Estonian: eesti keel) is a Uralic language.
It is mainly spoken in Estonia. The Estonian language is similar to Finnish and is one of the few national languages of Europe not to be an Indo-European language.
Estonian | |
---|---|
eesti keel | |
Native to | Estonia |
Ethnicity | Estonians |
Native speakers | 1.1 million (2012) |
Latin (Estonian alphabet) Estonian Braille | |
Official status | |
Official language in | Estonia European Union |
Regulated by | Institute of the Estonian Language / Eesti Keele Instituut, Emakeele Selts (semi-official) |
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 |
Distribution of estonian language | |
The Estonian alphabet uses the Latin alphabet. It has many vowels, including Ö, Ä, Õ and Ü.
It has been influenced by and adopted many words from German and Swedish. The Estonian language also has different dialects.
Üks | One |
Kaks | Two |
Kolm | Three |
Jah | Yes |
Ei | No |
Mina/Ma | I |
Sina/Sa | You (in singular) |
Tema/Ta | He/She |
Meie/Me | We |
Teie/Te | You (in plural) |
Nemad/Nad | They |
Olen/Mina olen | I am |
Eesti | Estonia |
Maja | House |
Kodu | Home |
Tee | Way |
This article uses material from the Wikipedia Simple English article Estonian language, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 license ("CC BY-SA 3.0"); additional terms may apply (view authors). Content is available under CC BY-SA 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.
®Wikipedia is a registered trademark of the Wiki Foundation, Inc. Wiki Simple English (DUHOCTRUNGQUOC.VN) is an independent company and has no affiliation with Wiki Foundation.