ISO 639-3 · vrovro
Uralic family
Võro
võro kiil
Võro is a language of the Finnic branch (Uralic), spoken in Estonia. Wikidata counts about 74,499 speakers (2011). Wikidata describes it as “Finnic language or dialect spoken in South Estonia; part of the South Estonian [Võro-Seto] linguistic region”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
vro- Glottocode
voro1243- Family
- Uralic
- EGIDS
- 6b Threatened
- UNESCO
- Definitely endangered
- Centre point
- 58.00, 27.00
- Wikipedia
- 82 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
1scripts
6levels in the tree
6bEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Võro · võro kiil |
|---|---|
| Also called | Voro language, fiu-vro, Voro, Võro dialect |
| All speakers | 74,499 (2011) |
| Written in | Latin script |
Vitality
EGIDS 6b Threatened6b
Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Definitely endangered
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Uralic to Võro
The branches above Võro, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
