2018Dictionary of Standard Estonian 100 - First Day Cover

Every nation has dictionaries and grammar for harmonising and developing their literary standards. For almost a century, Estonians have had dictionaries of standard language as their main dictionaries. The first dictionary of this kind was the Estonian spelling dictionary, published as a publication of the Estonian Literary Society in Tallinn in 1918. This dictionary harmonised the Estonian Literary Standard and laid the foundation for the practice of the dictionaries of standard language.