According to the Foreign Service Instiute, the Estonian language is ranked the 5th toughest language to learn after Japanese, Chinese, Korean and Arabic. While Estonian uses the Roman alphabet, like English, it also has the additional letters õ, ä,ö, ü, and 14 noun cases along with short/long consonants and vowels that be can difficult for native English speaker to pronounce. The best way to learn the beautiful sounding Estonian language is to immerse yourself in it and practice, practice, practice.
