Estonianization

Estonianization is the changing of one's personal names from other languages into Estonian, or the development of Estonian language, culture and identity within educational and other state institutions through various programs.

Family names

Before 1920, some fifty percent of Estonian surnames were of foreign origin.^[1] At the beginning of the 1930s, president Konstantin Päts introduced a nationwide Estonianization program for family names. During this campaign thousands of Estonian citizens living in Estonia voluntarily changed their original family names.

Notable estonianized names

Karl August Einbund → Kaarel Eenpalu
Gerhardt Esperk → Ants Eskola
Harald Rudolf Klein → Ruut Tarmo
Hans Laipman → Ants Laikmaa
Kristjan Trossmann → Kristjan Palusalu

Integration

The integration policy is aimed at strengthening of Estonian identity among the nation's populace, to develop shared values, identity, and pride in being a citizen of Estonia; with respect and acceptance of cultural differences among Estonian residents.

Education

On 14 March 2000 the Government of Estonia adopted “State Programme “Integration in Estonian society 2000-2007". Main areas and aims of the integration established by the program are linguistic-communicative, legal-political and socio-economical. The Program has four sub programs: education, the education and culture of national minorities, the teaching of Estonian to adults and social competence. The aim of the sub-programs is to be achieved via the learning of the Estonian language by children and adults.

Notes and references

↑ George Kurman, The Development Of Written Estonian, Routledge 1997, ISBN 0-7007-0380-2, page 85

Cultural assimilation

Africanization Albanization Americanization Native Americans names Anglicisation Arabization Armenians Berbers Blacks Jews Araucanization Batavianization Belarusization Bulgarization Castilianization Celticisation Chilenization Christianization Creolization Croatization Cyrillization Czechization Estonianization Europeanisation Finnicization Francization Brussels Gaelicisation Germanization Globalization Hawaiianize Hellenization Hispanicization Indianisation placenames Indigenization Indo-Aryanisation Indonesation Islamization Israelization names Italianization Japanization Javanisation Judaization Kurdification Lithuanization Magyarization Malayisation Norwegianization Pakistanisation Pashtunization Persianization Polonization Romanianization Romanization names Russification Saffronisation Sanskritisation Serbianization Sinhalization Sinicization Slavicisation Slovakization Sovietization Swahilization Taiwanization Tamilisation Thaification Turkification placenames Turkmenization Ukrainisation Uzbekization Westernization

Opposite trends

Dehellenization De-Russification De-Sinicization Korenizatsiya

Related concepts

Cultural globalization Cultural imperialism Dominant culture Forced assimilation Identity politics Internal colonialism Jewish assimilation Language shift Melting pot Monoculturalism

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