Republic of Estonia, is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia (343 km), and to the east by Lake Peipsi and Russia (338.6 km). Across the Baltic Sea lies Sweden in the west and Finland in the north. With a population of 1.3 million, it is one of the least-populous member states of the European Union Estonia has ONE official language, Estonian, but there is also a sizeable Russian-speaking community (AROUND 30% in 2000) who speak Russian. Russian and other minority languages can theoretically be used in communication with local government and state institutions within the borders of certain constituencies where most permanent residents belong to a respective national minority. Many Estonians can speak Russian, but many Russians are not fluent in Estonian including those who are Estonian citizens, however fluency varies considerably between age groups. List of multilingual countries and regions: Switzerland has four national languages: French, German, Italian and Romansh. The Singapore Government recognizes four official languages: English, Malay, Mandarin, and Tamil. India- There are 23 official languages in India (Including Hindi and English) Belgium has three official languages: Dutch (59%) in the North, French (31%) in the South and a small minority speaks German. Cyprus has 2 official languages: Greek & Turkish. Finland has two national languages, Finnish and Swedish. Morocco: Arabic + French + Spanish, Amazigh & Moroccan Arabic. Western Sahara: Hassaniya, Moroccan Arabic, Spanish and French. Egypt: Arabic (official) + Egyptian Arabic, English & French. Bolivia is officially multilingual, supporting Spanish and 36 native language.
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