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name: locale-et-ee
description: 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.
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# Locale: Estonian (Estonia) (et-EE)

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