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VRO ISO 639-3

Võro

Võro kiil Autonym

A language of Estonia

ISO 639
vro
Alternate Names
Voro, Voru, Võro-Seto, Võru
Autonym
Võro kiil
Population
87,000 in Estonia (2013 UNSD). Seto speakers: 12,500 (2011 census). Total users in all countries: 87,210.
Location:
Põlva, Tartu, Valga, and Võru counties.
Language Status
6b (Threatened).
Classification
Uralic, Finnic
Dialects
Eastern Võro, Seto, Western Võro. Seto is very similar to Eastern Võro but many Setos consider Seto an independent language. A member of macrolanguage Estonian [est].
Language Use
Rapid shift to Standard Estonian [ekk]. Home, workplace. Some young people, all adults. Few children; most are elderly speakers living in rural areas.
Language Development
Taught in primary schools. Newspapers. Radio. TV. Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1686–1905. Promotion and revival of Võro, which includes teachers, politicians, poets, geographers, and administrators, attempting to increase the usage (2008 S. Iva).
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Võro
Writing
Latin script [Latn].
Other Comments
Seto has a practical contemporary written form (for using in newspaper and other texts) which is not standardized to the level of written standard nor considered to be a standard written language (2019 S. Iva). Christian.

Also Spoken in

Language Name
Võro
Location
Aluksnes municipality: north, along Estonian border.
Language Status
6b (Threatened)
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Language Name
Seto
User Population
210 in Russian Federation (2010 census). , based on nationality.
Location
Pskov province: Pechory area; south of Lake Peipus, on the border of Estonia.
Language Status
6b (Threatened)
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Map

Location: Põlva, Tartu, Valga, and Võru counties.