Editing Setos (section)

{{Short description|Ethnic group in Estonia}}
{{for|the town of ancient Cilicia|Setos (Cilicia)}}
{{More footnotes needed|date=January 2022}}
{{Infobox ethnic group
| group            = Setos<br>''setokõsõq''<br>''setukesed''<br>
| image            = File:Radaja Seto Festival (2016) - 115.jpg
| caption          = Seto woman during Radaja Seto Festival
| population       = 12,800
| regions          = [[Setomaa]]
| languages        = [[Seto language|Seto]], [[Estonian language|Estonian]], [[Russian language|Russian]]
| region2          = Russia
| pop2             = 234 (2020)
| ref2             = <ref>{{Cite web |title=Росстат — Всероссийская перепись населения 2020 |url=https://rosstat.gov.ru/vpn_popul |access-date=2023-01-03 |website=rosstat.gov.ru}}</ref>
| region1          = Estonia
| pop1             = 12,500
| ref1             = 
| religions        = [[Eastern Orthodox]], Native Faith
| related          = Other [[Baltic Finns]]<br/>Especially [[Estonians]], [[Livonians]], [[Võros]], and [[Votians]]
| native_name      = 
| native_name_lang = 
| flag             = Flag of Setomaa.svg
| flag_caption     = Flag of the Seto People
}}

'''Setos''' ({{langx|et-x-seto|setokõsõq}}, {{Lang|mis|setoq}}<!-- Seto -->, {{langx|et|setukesed}}, {{Lang|et|setud}}) are an indigenous [[Balto-Finnic peoples|Finnic]] peoples and linguistic minority that have historically lived in the borderlands between modern day [[Estonia]] and [[Russia]]. Setos have historically spoken the Seto language and been [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Orthodox Christians]].<ref name=":0">Kalkun, A., Kupari, H., & Vuola, E. (2018). ''Coping with Loss of Homeland through Orthodox Christian Processions: Contemporary Practices among Setos, Karelians, and Skolt Sámi in Estonia and Finland''. ''Practical matters'', ''11''. http://practicalmattersjournal.org/2018/06/11/coping-with-loss-of-homeland-2/</ref> The [[Seto language]] (like [[Estonian language|Estonian]] and [[Finnish language|Finnish]]) belongs to the [[Finnic languages|Finnic]] group of the [[Uralic languages|Uralic language]] family. Since the early 2000s, the Setos have sought greater recognition, rather than having their language considered a dialect of Estonian. Eastern Orthodox Christianity, with influences from local [[folk religion]]s is widely practiced by the Seto peoples.

The ancestral homes of many Setos can be found to the south of [[Lake Peipus]], in the [[Setomaa]] region. After 1991 however, this territory was divided between the newly independent [[Estonia]] ([[Põlva County|Põlva]] and [[Võrumaa|Võro]] counties) and the north-western sections of the [[Russian Federation]] ([[Pechorsky District]] of [[Pskov Oblast]]).