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Languages of Estonia [1]
Official language(s) Estonian
Regional language(s) Võru, Setu1, Mulgi, Tartu, Insular, Western, Central, Eastern, Northeast Coastal, Vironian
Minority language(s) Russian, Estonian Sign Language, Russian Sign Language (Swedish, German)
Main foreign language(s) Russian (66%)
English (46%)
German (22%)

Contents

Estonian

Estonian is the only official language of Estonia.

Dialects

North Estonian

  • Central
  • Western
  • Insular
  • Eastern
  • Northeast Coastal

South Estonian

Võru has a subdialect Setu, although some consider it a separate language.

Russian

Main articles: History of Russians in Estonia and Baltic Russians

There are towns in Estonia with large concentration of Russian-language community and there are towns where Estonian-language speakers are in minority (especially in North-East of Estonia). The Estonian government is working hard to integrate Russians to Estonia.

Sign languages

German

Main article: Baltic Germans

Swedish

Main article: Estonian Swedes

References

  1. ^ http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives/ebs/ebs_243_en.pdf







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