Votic language

Not to be confused with the Votic languages of Central America.

Votic
Vod
vaďďa tšeeli, maatšeeli
Pronunciation[ˈvɑdʲːɑ ˈt͡ɕeːlʲi, ˈmɑːˌt͡ɕeːlʲi]
Native toRussia
RegionIngria
EthnicityVotes
Native speakers
21 (2020)[1]
100 with some knowledge (2021)[2]
Uralic
Dialects
Language codes
ISO 639-2vot
ISO 639-3vot
Glottologvoti1245
ELPVotic
Distribution of Ingrian and Votic at the beginning of the 20th century[3][4]
Vote is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger (2010)
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Ingrian and Votic villages at the beginning of the 21st century[3][4]

Votic or Votian (vaďďa tšeeli, maatšeeli) [ˈvɑdʲːɑ ˈt͡ɕeːlʲi, ˈmɑːˌt͡ɕeːlʲi][citation needed], is a Finnic language spoken by the Votes of Ingria, belonging to the Finnic branch of the Uralic languages. Votic is spoken only in Krakolye (now part of Ust-Luga) and Luzhitsy, two villages in Kingiseppsky District in Leningrad Oblast, Russia. In the 2020–2021 Russian census, 21 people claimed to speak Votic natively, which is an increase from 4 in 2010.[5] Arvo Survo also estimated that around 100 people have knowledge of the language to some degree.[2]

  1. ^ "Итоги Всероссийской переписи населения 2020 года. Таблица 6. Население по родному языку" [Results of the All-Russian population census 2020. Table 6. population according to native language.]. rosstat.gov.ru. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Vatjan kieltä puhuvat vähissä – Elämme aikaa, jolloin jälleen yhden suomensukuisen kansan kieli vaikenee". Forssan Lehti (in Finnish). 3 April 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  3. ^ a b Rantanen, Timo; Tolvanen, Harri; Roose, Meeli; Ylikoski, Jussi; Vesakoski, Outi (8 June 2022). "Best practices for spatial language data harmonization, sharing and map creation—A case study of Uralic". PLOS ONE. 17 (6): e0269648. Bibcode:2022PLoSO..1769648R. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0269648. PMC 9176854. PMID 35675367.
  4. ^ a b Rantanen, Timo, Vesakoski, Outi, Ylikoski, Jussi, & Tolvanen, Harri. (2021). Geographical database of the Uralic languages (v1.0) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4784188
  5. ^ "Росстат — Всероссийская перепись населения 2020". rosstat.gov.ru. Retrieved 3 January 2023.