Estonians
Appearance
Regions with significant populations | |
---|---|
36,000 | |
30,000 | |
26,000 | |
25,000 | |
22,000 | |
6,300 | |
5,000 | |
4,300 | |
4,000 | |
2,381 | |
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.