Mother Tongue Society ( et, Emakeele Selts) is an

Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ...

n organization that focuses on topics related to the

Estonian language Estonian ( ) is a Finnic language, written in the Latin script. It is the official language of Estonia and one of the official languages of the European Union, spoken natively by about 1.1 million people; 922,000 people in Estonia and 160,0 ...

. The organization was established on 23 March 1920 at Tartu University. Nowadays, the organization is located in

Tallinn Tallinn () is the most populous and capital city of Estonia. Situated on a bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, Tallinn has a population of 437,811 (as of 2022) and administratively lies in the Harju ' ...

. The organization is an associated organization of

Estonian Academy of Sciences Founded in 1938, the Estonian Academy of Sciences ( et, Eesti Teaduste Akadeemia) is Estonia's national academy of science in Tallinn. As with other national academies, it is an independent group of well-known scientists whose stated aim is to ...

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* Akadeemilise Emakeele Seltsi aastaraamat, 1921–1926 * Eesti Keel, 1922–1940 * Emakeele Seltsi Aastaraamat, 1955– * Kodumurre, 1960–2002 * Oma Keel, 2000–

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Lauri Kettunen Lauri Kettunen (12 February 1905 – 15 August 1941) was a Finnish fencer and modern pentathlete. He competed at the 1928 and 1936 Summer Olympics. He was an officer in the Finnish army reaching the rank of major. He died during the Continu ...

: 1920–1924 * Andrus Saareste: 1925–1933, 1935, 1936–1941 *

Julius Mägiste Julius Mägiste (born Julius Gustavi Mälson; 19 December 1900 – 11 March 1978) was an Estonian linguist. He was born in Kassema village, Tartu County. In 1923 he graduated from the University of Tartu. Since 1925, he taught at the University of ...

: 1934, 1936 * Arnold Kask: 1944, 1968–1982 *

Johannes Voldemar Veski Johannes Voldemar Veski (27 June 1873 Vaidavere, Tartu County – 28 March 1968 Tartu) was an Estonian linguist. From 1896 until 1899, he studied at the University of Tartu; at the beginning he studied religion and thereafter nature sciences. F ...

: 1946–1968 * Huno Rätsep: 1982–1989 * Tiit-Rein Viitso: 1989, 1993–1997 * Eeva Ahven: 1989–1990 * Henn Saari: 1990–1992 * Jüri Viikberg: 1992–1993 * Mati Erelt: 1997–2006 * Helle Metslang: seit 2006

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* {{Official website Estonian language Organizations based in Tallinn Organizations based in Estonia

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