Võro
Dialekt von Võru; Võro kiil; Werro; Voro; Võru; Voru; Vôru;
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"The number of active and passive (potential) Võru speakers is estimated at 50,000. However, it is counted on the basis of self-reports and can easily be over-estimated."
2011
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Võru is not recognised as a language in Estonia but it is addressed as ‘regional variety’ by the Language Act (2011) which regulates official and public language use.
Võru is not addressed by educational legislation
"A survey from 1998 indicates that Võru is a less prestigious language which may have covert prestige among some users."
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2010
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57.8096, 27.29
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2007
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Estonia; Russia
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Spoken in the southeastern corner of Estonia and in Pechory ounty in the rest of Pskov Province in the Russian Federation.
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Spoken in the southeastern corner of Estonia and in Pechory ounty in the rest of Pskov Province in the Russian Federation.
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- Endangered Languages Catalogue Project. Compiled by research teams at University of Hawai'i Mānoa and Institute for Language Information and Technology (LINGUIST List) at Eastern Michigan University2012. "Endangered Languages Catalogue Project. Compiled By Research Teams At University of Hawai'i Mānoa and Institute For Language Information and Technology (LINGUIST List) At Eastern Michigan University."
- Atlas of the World’s Languages in DangerMoseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas
- The Võru language in Estonia: An Overview of a Language in Contexthttps://phaidra.univie.ac.at/detail_object/o:102999
- Legal and Institutional Framework Analysis: Seto and Võro languageshttps://phaidra.univie.ac.at/detail_object/o:127464
- The Võro language in Estonia: ELDIA Case-Specific Reporthttps://phaidra.univie.ac.at/detail_object/o:308888
- The Seto language in Estonia: An Overview of a Language in Contexthttps://phaidra.univie.ac.at/detail_object/o:103768
- The Seto language in Estonia: ELDIA Case-Specific Reporthttps://phaidra.univie.ac.at/detail_object/o:356607
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