Estonian

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Estonian Language

Estonian (Eesti) is spoken in Estonia and in scattered communities in neighboring areas.  It belongs to the Baltic-Finnic branch of the Finno-Ugric group within the Uralic language family.

Estonian has two major dialects, northern and southern.  The Estonian literary language is based on the northern dialect.

Of all the Baltic-Finnic languages, Estonian is most closely related to Finnish, Ingrian, Karelian, Livonian, Veps, and Votic.  Estonian has the Baltic-Finnic characteristic of consonant gradation, but no longer has the prominent feature of vowel harmony.

The Estonian vocabulary contains several German loanwords.

Estonian Translation and Interpreting

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