Estonian alphabet

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The Estonian literary language is based on Latin alphabet. The Estonian alphabet consists of 32 letters:

A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, Š, Z, Ž, T, U, V, W, Õ, Ä, Ö, Ü, X, Y

The letters C, Q, W, X and Y do not occur in Estonian words, but are used in writing foreign proper names. The letters F, Š, Z and Ž only occur in loanwords and foreign proper names. In some texts Š and Ž can be substituted with SH and ZH, respectively.

See also: Letter Ä, Letter Ö, Letter Ü, Letter Õ, Finnish alphabet

External links

• Alphabet, Orthography, Pronunciation
• The Estonian alphabet
• Typo.cz Information on Central European typography and typesettinget:Eesti tähestik