Estonian language
Estonian language
Seliin-Doris Tsinjakov
11. Klass
Kehra Gümnaasium
· Estonian is the official language of Estonia.
· Spoken natively by about 1.1 million people.
· It belongs to the Finnic branch of the Uralic language
family.
Classification
· Belongs to the Finnic branch of the Uralic languages, along with
Finnish, Karelian, and other nearby languages.
· Estonian has been influenced by Swedish, German and Russian,
though it is not related to them genetically.
History
· The two different historical Estonian languages, the North and South
Estonian languages, are based on the ancestors of modern Estonians
migration into the territory of Estonia in at least two different waves, both
groups speaking considerably different Finnic vernaculars.
· Modern standard Estonian has evolved on the basis of the dialects of
Northern Estonia.
· The domination of Estonia a...
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