How to Say “Congratulations” in Estonian
The Estonian phrase for congratulations is palju õnne.
About Estonian
Estonian is the official language of Estonia, spoken by about 1.2 million people. It is a Finnic language, closely related to Finnish and more distantly to Hungarian, and unrelated to the Baltic and Slavic languages of its neighbours.
Estonian is written in Latin letters with õ, ä, ö and ü, and its spelling follows the sound closely. The first syllable of a word is always stressed. Use teie for a polite "you" and sina with friends.
| Family | Uralic, Finnic |
|---|---|
| Speakers | about 1.25 million (2022) |
| Official in | Estonia |
| Script | Latin alphabet |
| Codes | et (ISO 639-1), est (ISO 639-3) |
Speaker number: Ethnologue (2022), via Wikidata. Retrieved 26 September 2026.
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