page_title: Estonian language
hierarchical_section_title: Estonian language
caption_attribution_description: English: Estonian language Español: Idioma estonio &#160;&#160; Donde es mayoritario &#160;&#160; Donde es minoritario
context_page_description: Estonian is a Uralic language of the Finnic branch spoken in Estonia. It is the official language of Estonia, spoken natively by about 1.1 million people; 922,000 people in Estonia and 160,000 outside Estonia. It is a Southern Finnic language and is the second-most-spoken language among all the Finnic languages.
context_section_description: Estonian (eesti keel [ˈeːsti ˈkeːl] (listen)) is a Uralic language of the Finnic branch spoken in Estonia. It is the official language of Estonia, spoken natively by about 1.1 million people; 922,000 people in Estonia and 160,000 outside Estonia. It is a Southern Finnic language and is the second-most-spoken language among all the Finnic languages.
caption: Historical spread:
    North Estonian (incl. Northeastern coastal Estonian)
    South Estonian
  By today, the language islands outside Estonia have disappeared, and most speakers in the South Estonian area have switched to standard Estonian (based on North Estonian).
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