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Languages of Estonia Information

Estonian is the only official language of Estonia.

Dialects

North Estonian

South Estonian

Võru has a subdialect Setu, although some consider it a separate language.

Russian

Main articles: History of Russians in Estonia and Baltic Russians

There are towns in Estonia with large concentration of Russian-language community and there are towns where Estonian-language speakers are in minority (especially in North-East of Estonia). The Estonian government is working hard to integrate Russians to Estonia.

Sign languages

German

Main article: Baltic Germans

Swedish

Main article: Estonian Swedes

References

  1. ^ http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives/ebs/ebs_243_en.pdf
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