Estonian is natively spoken by about 950,000 people, primarily in Estonia. It is a central part of Estonian cultural identity, known for its rich tradition in folk music, literature, and the unique Song Festival. Written in the Latin alphabet, Estonian grammar features a subject-verb-object (SVO) word order, 14 noun cases, and vowel harmony, making it unique among Finno-Ugric languages.
Stats
Language Family: Uralic
Writing System: Latin
Writing System Type: Alphabet
Writing Direction: L to R
Tones / Pitch Accent: N
Morphology: Agglutinative
Cases: 14
Grammatical Gender / Noun Class: 0
Number of Verb Tenses: 4
Word Order: SVO
Number of Vowels (Monophthongs): 9
Number of Consonants: 28
Areas Where Spoken
Estonia (official) (68.5%) (924 k)
Resources
Websites
EestiKeelt.com - Very large list of resources for learning Estonian
Keeleklikk - Well-formatted, practical and interactive course with animations
Loecsen - Vocabulary with audio
Book2 - Phrasebook course with audio
Videos
Jussi Multikad - Cartoons with subtitles