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This is a list of notable people from Estonia, or of Estonian ancestry. Architects. Andres Alver (born 1953) Dmitri Bruns (1929–2020) Karl Burman (1882 ...
Estonia's greatest territorial extent ever, reached during its War of Independence, marked by the light blue line on the map. (from History of Estonia ) Image 29 The Estonian Army High Command in 1920 (from History of Estonia )
Estonian is spoken by 84% of the population: 67% of people speak it as their mother tongue and 17% as a foreign language. Compared with previous censuses, the proportion of people who speak Estonian has increased (2000: 80%; 2011: 82%), particularly due to people who have learned to speak Estonian as a foreign language (2000: 12%; 2011: 14%).
Lists of people by university or college in Estonia (2 P) Pages in category "Lists of Estonian people" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total.
Written with the Latin script, Estonian is the language of the Estonian people and the official language of the country. One-third of the standard vocabulary is derived from adding suffixes to root words. The oldest known examples of written Estonian originate in 13th century chronicles.
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Fragments of the Wanradt–Koell Catechism (1535), the first book printed in Estonian. The history of Estonia forms a part of the history of Europe.Human settlement in what is now Estonia became possible 13,000,000–11,000,000 years ago, after the ice from the last glacial era had melted, and signs of the first permanent population in the region date from around 9000 BC.
Estonians or Estonian people (Estonian: eestlased) are a Baltic Finnic ethnic group native to the Baltic region, primarily their nation state of Estonia. Estonians primarily speak the Estonian language , a language closely related to other Finnic languages , e.g. Finnish , Karelian and Livonian .