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Votic or Votian (vađđa ceeli or maaceeli – also written vaďďa tšeeli, maatšeeli) is the language spoken by the Votes of Ingria.
It is closely related to Estonian and belongs to the Finnic branch of the Uralic languages. Votic is spoken only in Krakolye
and Luzhitsy, two villages in Kingiseppsky District, and is close to extinction. In 1989 there were 62 speakers left, the
youngest born in 1938. In its 24 December 2005 issue, The Economist wrote that there are only approximately 20 speakers left.
Some linguists have claimed that Votic is actually a dialect of Estonian. In the 19th century it was already declining in
favour of Russian (there were around 1,000 speakers of the language by the start of the World War I), but its decline was
accelerated as Joseph Stalin took power. WWII had a devastating effect on the Votic language, with the number of speakers
considerably decreased as a result of military offensives, forced migration to Finland under the Nazi regime, and the Stalinist
policy of dispersion immediately after the war. Since then, the Votes have, as far as possible, concealed their Votic identity,
pretending to be Russians in the predominantly Russian environment. |
Names (more)[af] Woties[ar] الفوتيك [az] votik dili [bn] ভোটিক [bs] votski [br] Voteg [bg] Вотски език [ca] Vòtic [cs] Votština [ce] Votihoyn mott [cv] Водь чĕлхи [da] votisk [de] Wotisch [el] Βότικ [en] Votic language [eo] Vota lingvo [et] Vadja keel [fa] وتی [fi] Vatja [fr] Vote [gv] Votish [gu] વોટિક [he] וודית [hi] वॉटिक [hr] votic [hu] Vót nyelv [id] Votia [is] votíska [it] Lingua votica [ja] ヴォート語 [kn] ವೋಟಿಕ್ [ks] ووتِک [kv] Водь кыв [ko] 바트어 [lo] ໂວຕິກ [lv] Votu valoda [lt] Vodų kalba [ml] വോട്ടിക് [mr] वॉटिक [mk] вотски [mt] Votik [nl] Votisch [nn] Votisk [nb] votisk [no] Votisk [or] ଭୋଟିକ୍ [pl] Język wotycki [pt] Língua vótica [rm] votic [ro] votic [ru] Водский язык [sk] vodčina [sl] votjaščina [se] Vatjagiella [es] vótico [sr] Вотски [sv] Votiska [ta] வோட்க் [te] వోటిక్ [th] โวทิก [tr] Votic [uk] Водська мова [vi] Tiếng Votic |
Language type : Living
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ISO 639 CodesISO 639-2B : votISO 639-2T : vot ISO 639-3 : vot Linked Data URIshttp://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/vothttp://dbpedia.org/resource/ISO_639:vot http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2/vot More URIs at sameas.org SourcesAuthority documentation for ISO 639 identifier: votFreebase ISO 639-3 : vot GeoNames.org Country Information Publications Office of the European Union Metadata Registry : Countries and Languages |