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Seto dialect

Seto
seto kiil´
Native toEstonia
RegionSetomaa
EthnicitySetos
Native speakers
25,080 (2021 census)[1]
Uralic
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Glottologseto1244
South Estonian today. Seto is marked with light red colour.
Distribution of Seto speakers according to the 2021 census.

Seto (seto kiil´;[2] Estonian: setu keel) is a dialect of South Estonian spoken by 25,080 people.[3] It is sometimes identified as a variety under Võro, or the two are described as Võro-Seto. Setos (setokõsõq) mostly inhabit the area near Estonia's southeastern border with Russia in Setomaa, and are primarily Eastern Orthodox, while Võros (võrokõsõq) are traditionally Lutherans and live in historical Võru County.

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Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights:

References

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  1. ^ "RL21446: POPULATION WITH ESTONIAN AS THEIR MOTHER TONGUE BY ABILITY TO SPEAK A DIALECT, AGE GROUP, SEX, AND PLACE OF RESIDENCE (ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT), 31 DECEMBER 2021". PxWeb. Retrieved 2024-07-17.
  2. ^ "Google Scholar". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2024-07-17.
  3. ^ "RL21446: POPULATION WITH ESTONIAN AS THEIR MOTHER TONGUE BY ABILITY TO SPEAK A DIALECT, AGE GROUP, SEX, AND PLACE OF RESIDENCE (ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT), 31 DECEMBER 2021". PxWeb. Retrieved 2024-07-17.