Estonian language

Estonian
Estonian
eesti keel
Native to	Estonia
Ethnicity	Estonians
Native speakers	1.2 million (2022)[1]
Language family	Uralic Finno-Ugric Finnic Southern Finnic Estonian; ; ; ;
Writing system	Latin (Estonian alphabet); Estonian Braille
Official status
Official language in	Estonia; European Union
Regulated by	Institute of the Estonian Language / Eesti Keele Instituut
Language codes
ISO 639-1	et
ISO 639-2	est
ISO 639-3	est – inclusive code; Individual codes:; ekk – Standard Estonian; vro – Võro
Glottolog	esto1258
Linguasphere	41-AAA-d
	Estonian language[image reference needed]
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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.[2][3]

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Estonian language

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Estonian
eesti keel
Native to	Estonia
Ethnicity	Estonians
Native speakers	1.2 million (2022)[1]
Language family	Uralic Finno-Ugric Finnic Southern Finnic Estonian
Writing system	Latin (Estonian alphabet) Estonian Braille
Official status
Official language in	Estonia European Union
Regulated by	Institute of the Estonian Language / Eesti Keele Instituut
Language codes
ISO 639-1	`et`
ISO 639-2	`est`
ISO 639-3	`est` – inclusive code Individual codes: `ekk` – Standard Estonian `vro` – Võro
Glottolog	`esto1258`
Linguasphere	`41-AAA-d`
Estonian language^{[image reference needed]}
This article contains IPA phonetic symbols. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Unicode characters. For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA.