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==== [[Estonian language|Estonian]] ([[:et:Eesti keel|Eesti]])==== *distinct letters: ''õ'', ''ä'', ''ö'' and ''ü''; but never ''ß'' or ''å'' *similar to Finnish, except: **letter ''y'' is not used, except in loanwords (''ü'' is the corresponding vowel) **letters ''b'' and ''g'' (without preceding ''n'') are found outside of loanwords **occasional use of ''š'' and ''ž'', mainly in loanwords (plus combination ''tš'') **loanwords more common generally than in Finnish, mainly loaned from German **words end in consonants more frequently than in Finnish, word-final ''b'', ''d'', ''v'' being particularly typical **letter ''d'' is much more common in Estonian than in Finnish, and in Estonian it is often the last letter of the word (plural suffix), which it never is in Finnish **double ''öö'' more common than in Finnish; other doubles can include ''õõ'', ''üü'', rarely ''hh'' (for German ''ch'') and even ''šš'' *common words: ''ja'', ''on'', ''ei'', ''ta'', ''see'', ''või''.
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