Estonians
Estonians (Estonian: [eestlased] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help)) are a Finnic people closely related to the Finns and inhabiting, primarily, the country of Estonia. The Estonians speak a Finno-Ugric language, known as Estonian. Although Estonia is traditionally grouped as one of the Baltic countries, Estonians are linguistically and ethnically unrelated to the Baltic peoples of Latvia and Lithuania.
| Regions with significant populations | |
|---|---|
| 22x20px: 930,219 Other significant population centers: | |
| 22x20px Finland | 36,000 |
| 22x20px Russia | 30,000 |
| File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden | 26,000 |
| File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 25,000 |
| File:Flag of Canada.svg Canada | 22,000 |
| 22x20px Australia | 6,300 |
| File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany | 5,000 |
| 22x20px Ukraine | 4,300 |
| 22x20px United Kingdom | 4,000 |
| 22x20px Latvia | 2,381 |
| 22x20px Ireland | 2,373 |
| Languages | |
| Estonian Võro | |
| Religion | |
| Lutheran Tradition Historically Finnish paganism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Baltic Finns | |
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Estonians Media
- Russa literacy 1897.jpg
Public education systems founded during prior Swedish rule turned Estonia and Finland into the two most literate areas of Russian Empire (map of 1897 census literacy data)
- Talumehed kaarte mängimas, Oskar Hoffmann, EKM j 190-768 M 957.jpg
Estonian farmers playing cards (by Oskar Hoffmann, ca 1895)
- Figure 2a (Cropped) PCA of Europeans.jpg
A PCA of Estonians and several other European populations.
- PCA of 2305 Estonian samples.webp
Regional population structure of Estonians.