Votes (cried Vod an aw) are a fowk o Votie in Ingrie, the pairt o modren day northwastren Roushie that is roughly soothwast o Saunt Petersburg an east o the Estonie border-toun o Narva. Their awn ethnic name is vadjalain (plural: vadjalaizõt). The Finnic Votic leid spoken bi Votes is close tae extinction. Votians wur ane o the foondin fowk o Veliky Novgorod. The Votic leid is still spoken in three veelages o historical Votia an bi an unkent nummer o fluent Votic speakers in the kintraside. The veelages are Jõgõperä (Krakolje), Liivtšülä (Peski), an Luuditsa (Lužitsõ).[3]

Votes
vadjalaizõt
Votic Coat o Airms, designed bi Alexander Gurinov
Regions wi signeeficant populations
 Roushie73 (2002)[1]
 Estonie9 (2000)[2]
Leids
Votic, Roushie, Ingrie
Releegion
Orthodox
Relatit ethnic groups
other Finnic fowks

References eedit

  1. Russian Census of 2002
  2. Population of Estonia by ethnic nationality, mother tongue and citizenship
  3. Eesti Rahva Muuseum: Vadjalased (in Estonie)

Freemit airtins eedit


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