This year's Estonian mother tongue day (Emakeelepäev) is being marked by ERR as always with a dictation next Monday (March 15), with prizes to be given out in several categories, including best entry from a non-native speaker of Estonian.
This year's text is inspired by poet and author Jaan Kaplinski, who recently turned 80, ERR's Menu portal reports.
The dictation text will be read out from 10.25 a.m. Estonian time on the Vikerraadio channel here (all links in Estonian), on Monday, March 15. Entries muct be submitted via the Vikerraadio site, though the window opens at 10.00 a.m. and remains open until 11.00 a.m.