Editing Estonian language (section)

{{short description|Finnic language mostly spoken in Estonia}}
{{Infobox language
| name             = Estonian
| nativename       = {{lang|et|eesti keel}}
| states           = [[Estonia]]
| region           = 
| ethnicity        = [[Estonians]]
| speakers         = {{sigfig|1.244850|2}} million
| date             = 2022
| ref              = e25
| familycolor      = Uralic
| fam2             = [[Finnic languages|Finnic]]
| fam3             = Southern Finnic
| script           = [[Latin script|Latin]] ([[Estonian alphabet]])<br>[[Estonian Braille]]
| nation           = [[Estonia]]<br>[[European Union]]
| agency           = [[Institute of the Estonian Language]] / {{lang|et|Eesti Keele Instituut}}
| dia1             = North (Standard) Estonian
| dia2             = [[Northeastern coastal Estonian]]
| iso1             = et
| iso2             = est
| iso3             = est
| lc1              = ekk
| ld1              = (Northern/Standard) Estonian
| lingua           = 41-AAA-d
| glotto           = esto1258
| glottorefname    = Estonian
| notice           = IPA
| map              = EU-Estonia.svg
| mapcaption       = Estonian is official in Estonia (dark green) and in the [[European Union]] (light green)
| fam7             = Central Finnic
| pronunciation    = {{IPA|et|ˈeːsʲti ˈkeːl||et-eesti keel.ogg}}
}}

'''Estonian''' ({{lang|et|eesti keel}} {{IPA|et|ˈeːsʲti ˈkeːl||et-eesti keel.ogg}}) is a [[Finnic language]] and the official language of [[Estonia]]. It is written in the [[Latin script]] and is the first language of the majority of the country's population; it is also an official language of the [[European Union]]. Estonian is spoken natively by about 1.1 million people: 922,000 people in Estonia and 160,000 elsewhere.<ref>{{cite web |title=Estonian in a World Context |url=http://www.estonica.org/en/Society/The_Estonian_Language/Estonian_in_a_world_context/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180927005518/http://www.estonica.org/en/Society/The_Estonian_Language/Estonian_in_a_world_context/ |archive-date=27 September 2018 |access-date=26 September 2018 |website=Estonica}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The Estonian Language |url=http://www.estonica.org/en/Society/The_Estonian_Language/ |website=Estonica.org |access-date=15 October 2022}}</ref>