Võro
PrintA language of Estonia
ISO 639-3
Alternate Names
Voro, Võro-Seto, Voru, Võru
Population
60,000 (2009 S. Iva).
Location
South-East Estonia - Võru and Põlva counties, parts of Valga and Tartu counties (about 10% of Estonia’s territory).
Language Maps
Language Status
6b (Threatened).
Classification
Dialects
Eastern Võro, Seto, Western Võro. Seto is linguisticaly very close to Eastern Võro but many Setos consider Seto an independent language. There are about 5,000 Seto speakers.
Language Use
Rapid shift to Standard Estonian [ekk]. Home, workplace. Few children; most are elderly speakers living in rural areas.
Language Development
Promotion and revival of Võro, which includes teachers, politicians, poets, geographers, and administrators, attempting to increase the usage. Taught in primary schools. Newspapers. Radio programs. TV. Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1686–1905.
Language Resources
Writing
Latin script.
Christian.