Estonia Languages

Europe Estonia

The records are in Russian, German, Swedish, Latin, and Estonian. In 1989 Estonian replaced Russian as the official state language. It is not an Indo-European language. It is related to Finnish and is written in the Latin script. There are two principal dialects--northern and southern. The northern has become the standard of correct speech and the language of literature. Many Russian residents do not speak Estonian.

Estonia Postal History can be used to study writing.