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Estonian
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Text: Sven-Erik Soosaar, Urmas Sutrop, Estonian Institute
Translation: Kristi Lahne
Illustrations and layout: Piia Ruer
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ESTONIAN
LANGUAGE
Once upon a time, there were very many people around and they could not get
along, o Grandather decided to dipere them around the world and give all o
them their own cutom, language and name Each nation had to gather on the
auldron ill, to receive their name and tongue Grandather et aout coo ing
the tongue, ut the water hadn’t even tarted oiling when the firt nation
arrived ‘Loo at you, you have got up early I li e that ou mut name yourelve
my firt nation and my own tongue mut e your, too’ Thoe diligent people were
o coure the Etonian Thi i how Etonian got their name and tongue
1
aehlmann The Cooking of Tongues
“Keelte keetmine” in the Etonian original
3
Etonian a a mother tongue i po en Approimately 3 oo including
y a little over million people, aout a ew doen novel and other
o them in Etonia Thee pulication are iued in Etonian
numer are approimately time annually undred o tranlated oo
maller than the population o London, rom mot European language, a
and 3 time maller than that o erlin well a apanee, hinee, Araic etc,
Etonian i alo ued daily y aout a are pulihed in Etonian There are
couple o hundred thouand people who variou private Etonianlanguage T¡
do not pea it a their firt language and radio tation, in addition to the
In addition, Etonian i po en y over Etonian ulic roadcating E
epatriate and their offpring Aout a doen Etonianlanguage film
in
inland, Sweden, anada, USA, are releaed every year Etonia ha
Autralia, Ireland and Great ritain een gaining a reputation a eEtonia,
epite the relatively mall numer and thereore it ma e ene that the
o Etonian, Etonian i the official Etonian language i alo widely ued on
th
language o the epulic o Etonia and the Internet Today, Etonian i the 3
one o the official language o the EU mot ued language on the Internet, and
It i a language ued in political and approimately ¢ o weite eature
uine communication, a well a in content in Etonian
cience
To emphaie the importance o
the Etonian language a a mar er
o national identity, in , the
contitutional committee o the
arliament o Etonia decided to
amend the preamle o the Etonian
contitution to guarantee the
preervation o the Etonian language
along with the Etonian nation and
culture through the age eeping the
Etonian language alive i our modet
contriution to cultural diverity in the
world
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