Difference between revisions of "Language/Standard-estonian"
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==Facts about Standard Estonian == | ==Facts about Standard Estonian == | ||
*'''Language code (ISO 639-3)''': <code>ekk</code> | |||
*'''Autonyms''' (''how to write "Standard Estonian" in Standard Estonian''): <code>Eesti keel</code> | |||
*'''Other names for "Standard Estonian"''': <code>Eesti, Eesti Kirjakeel</code> | |||
*'''The Standard Estonian language is spoken in''': <code>Estonia</code> | |||
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Estonian is a Uralic language of the Finnic branch spoken in Estonia. | Estonian is a Uralic language of the Finnic branch spoken in Estonia. | ||
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It is a Southern Finnic language and is the second-most-spoken language among all the Finnic languages. | It is a Southern Finnic language and is the second-most-spoken language among all the Finnic languages. | ||
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* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estonian_language | |||
==Estonian Dictionaries== | ==Estonian Dictionaries== | ||
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://portaal.eki.ee/ Eesti keele instituut]: Estonian dictionaries | <span class="jb">•</span> [https://portaal.eki.ee/ Eesti keele instituut]: Estonian dictionaries | ||
Revision as of 12:12, 14 December 2021
Hi Polyglots! 😃
Welcome to the Standard Estonian learning page!
You will find below many free resources to learn and practice this language.
Enjoy your learning journey with Polyglot Club! 😊
Facts about Standard Estonian
- Language code (ISO 639-3):
ekk
- Autonyms (how to write "Standard Estonian" in Standard Estonian):
Eesti keel
- Other names for "Standard Estonian":
Eesti, Eesti Kirjakeel
- The Standard Estonian language is spoken in:
Estonia
Estonian is a Uralic language of the Finnic branch spoken in Estonia. It is the official language of Estonia, spoken natively by about 1.1 million people; 922,000 people in Estonia and 160,000 outside Estonia.
It is a Southern Finnic language and is the second-most-spoken language among all the Finnic languages.
Sources
Estonian Dictionaries
• Eesti keele instituut: Estonian dictionaries
• Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat: dictionary of the Estonian language
• Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat: Estonian etymological dictionary
• Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat: Estonian orthographical dictionary (2006)
• Sünonüümisõnastik: dictionary of synonyms
• Esimene eesti slängi sõnaraamat: slang dictionary, by Mai Loog (1990)
• Estonian-Latvian & Latvian-Estonian dictionary
• Lingea: Estonian-English dictionary & multilingual
• Ibs: Estonian-English dictionary
• Aare: Estonian-English dictionary
• Iate: multilingual terminological dictionary (European Union)
• Loecsen: Estonian-English common phrases (+ audio)
• Goethe-Verlag: Estonian-English common phrases & illustrated vocabulary (+ audio)
• country names in Estonian
• Hiiumaa kohanimed [PDF] the origins of the place names of the island of Hiiumaa, by Marja Kallasmaa
• Saaremaa kohanimed [PDF] the origins of the place names of the island of Saaremaa, by Marja Kallasmaa
• Aus dem inneren und äusseren Leben der Ehsten: Estonian proverbs by Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann (1876) with translation into German (or scanned book)
• Võro-eesti synaraamat: dictionary of the dialect of Võru, (southeast of Estonia)
• The origins of stems of standard Estonian by Sven-Erik Soosaar, in Trames (2013)
• Die alten baltischen Lehnwörter im neuen estnischen etymologischen Wörterbuch: the old Baltic loanwords in the new Estonian etymological dictionary, by Santeri Junttila, in Baltu filoloģija (2014)