Estonian language
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 after the Northern Crusades, from the 13th
century to 1918 by Denmark, Germany, Sweden, and Russia delayed
indigenous literacy in Estonia.
· The oldest written records of the Finnic languages of Estonia date from the
13th century.
Grammar
· Typologically, Estonian represents a transitional form from an
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