Estonian

Summary

Estonian is a natural language^[1]. Estonian has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• Estonian is in the country of Estonia^[3].
• Estonian's instance of is recorded as natural language^[4].
• Estonian's instance of is recorded as macrolanguage^[5].
• Estonian's instance of is recorded as modern language^[6].
• Estonian is a type of Finnic^[7].
• Estonian is a type of Uralic^[8].
• Estonian's writing system is recorded as Latin script^[9].
• Estonian's writing system is recorded as Estonian Braille^[10].
• Estonian's Commons category is recorded as Estonian language^[11].
• Estonian's Wikimedia language code is recorded as et^[12].
• Estonian comprises Standard Estonian^[13].
• Estonian comprises Northeastern Coastal Estonian^[14].
• Estonian comprises South Estonian^[15].
• Estonian's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 58.55, 'lon': 25.82}^[16].
• Estonian's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Estonian language^[17].
• Estonian's language regulatory body is recorded as Institute of the Estonian Language^[18].
• Estonian's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+1251770'}^[19].
• Estonian's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[20].
• Estonian's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[21].
• Estonian's described by source is recorded as Small Soviet Encyclopedia^[22].
• Estonian's topic has template is recorded as Q112972999^[23].
• Estonian's topic has template is recorded as Q138754673^[24].
• Estonian's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'et', 'text': 'eesti keel'}^[25].
• Estonian's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'эстонский'}^[26].
• Estonian's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'olo', 'text': 'eestin kieli'}^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include natural language^[4], macrolanguage^[5], and modern language^[6]. Recorded subclass of include Finnic^[7] and Uralic^[8].

Use and Application

Components include Standard Estonian^[13], a standard language^[28], in Estonia^[29]; Northeastern Coastal Estonian^[14], a dialect group^[30]; and South Estonian^[15], a language^[31], in Estonia^[32].

Why It Matters

Estonian has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] Estonian is known by 39 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[33]