Estonian language

Estonian
eesti keel
Native to	Estonia
Ethnicity	Estonians
Native speakers	1.1 million (2012)[1]
Language family	Uralic 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, Emakeele Selts (semi-official)
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
Distribution of estonian language
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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.

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.

1. ↑ Estonian at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
   Standard Estonian at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
   Võro at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)