Locale Et Ee
Use when working with the Estonian (Estonia) locale (`et-EE`) — its endonym Eesti (Eesti), Latin script, left-to-right (LTR) direction, or spoken-population data. Reference data and translation guidance (register, grammar, idiom, typography) for this specific locale; see [[locale]] for general i18n/l10n concepts (BCP 47, plural rules, RTL) that apply across all locales.
Reference data for the Estonian (Estonia) locale — endonym Eesti (Eesti), written in the Latin script, left-to-right (LTR).
Identifiers
- BCP 47 tag:
et-EE - ISO 639-1:
et - ISO 639-3:
est - Script: Latn (Latin)
- Region: EE (Estonia)
- Text direction: ltr — left-to-right (LTR)
Speakers (approximate)
- L1 (native): 1,100,000
- L2 (additional): 200,000
- L1+L2 (total): 1,300,000
Base locale
This is a regional variant of Locale Et 001 (Estonian), the base/macro locale for this language.
Pluralization
CLDR plural categories for this locale: one, other (2 forms).
- one —
i = 1 and v = 0(e.g. 1) - other — everything else (e.g. 0, 2~16, 100, 1000, …)
See Unicode Messageformat for writing plural messages using these categories.
Translating into this locale
Apply Locale Et 001 with the conventions of Estonia.
- Formats: euro; dates
17.10.2026; 24-hour clock (kell 17.30); decimal comma. - Names: place names follow official Estonian forms; Estonian names keep õ, ä, ö, ü.
- Tone: plain, concise, and egalitarian; IT-savvy audiences expect clear, efficient wording.
Common pitfalls
- Using Russian forms or place names.
- Dropping diacritics from names.
- The general pitfalls in Locale Et 001 also apply.
Learn more
- Locale for BCP 47 identifiers, locale-sensitive formatting, pluralization, and text-direction concepts that apply across all locales.
- Unicode Messageformat for writing plural/selection messages correctly for this locale's grammar.
- EU Interinstitutional Style Guide (https://style-guide.europa.eu), language-specific conventions