Estonians
Appearance
Regions with significant populations | |
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Estonia: 930,219 | |
Finland | 36,000 |
Russia | 30,000 |
Sweden | 26,000 |
United States | 25,000 |
Canada | 22,000 |
Australia | 6,300 |
Germany | 5,000 |
Ukraine | 4,300 |
United Kingdom | 4,000 |
Latvia | 2,381 |
Ireland | 2,373 |
Languages | |
Estonian Võro | |
Religion | |
Lutheran Tradition Historically Finnish paganism | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Baltic Finns |
Estonians (Estonian: eestlased) 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.