Institute of the Estonian Language

Child acquisition of complex consonants: The role of oral motor control in developing acoustic targets

Our study examines the role of oral motor control in the acquisition of acoustic targets for lingually complex consonants in Estonian by speakers from four age groups. We focus on children's production of secondarily palatalised and non-palatalised consonants where anatomical dev...

Between Decline and Revival: A Case Study of Reading Habits in Võro and Seto

This study examines reading opportunities and practices in the Võro and Seto languages in the context of ongoing language shift and limited intergenerational transmission. Literacy in local languages is important for language revitalisation. Minority-language literacy, especially...