Estonian for English speakers

Estonian

Estonian is a Finno-Ugric language and is the official language of Estonia, it's spoken as a first or second language by an estimated 1.1 million people.

Estonian is closely related to Finnish, with which it shares a high degree of mutual intelligibility, and it is more distantly related to other Finno-Ugric languages like Hungarian and the Sami languages.

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1.1 million

Estonian speakers around the world

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1

countries where Estonian is spoken

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150th

most spoken language in the world

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50 thousand

learners of Estonian around the world

How hard is it to learn Estonian?

Estonian has a complex grammar and is written in the Latin alphabet, which consists of 26 letters and is used to write many languages around the world. Estonian has a rich vocabulary, with many loanwords from German, Russian, and other languages. Estonian is known for its use of inflections to indicate grammatical categories and its use of stress to change the meaning of words.

Estonian is considered a moderately difficult language to learn for English speakers. It is estimated that it may take an English speaker around 44-54 weeks of study, to reach proficiency in Estonian.

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