Editing Võro language (section)

{{short description|Dialect of the South Estonian language}}
{{redirect|Voro language|the Nigerian language|Voro language (Adamawa)}}
{{Infobox language
| name             = Võro
| nativename       = ''võro kiilʼ''
| states           = [[Estonia]]
| region           = Southern [[Estonia]]
| ethnicity        = [[Võros]]
| speakers         = {{sigfig|72,240|2}}
| date             = 2021
| ref              = <ref name="e25">{{e25|vro}}</ref>
| familycolor      = Uralic
| fam2             = [[Finnic languages|Finnic]]
| fam3             = [[South Estonian language|South Estonian]]
| fam4             = Ugala
| fam5             = Ugandi
| fam6             = Võro-Seto
| agency           = [[Võro Institute]] (semi-official)
| map              = voromkaart.jpg
| mapcaption       = Võro language area — ''Võromaa'' (Võro county) in its historical boundaries between Tartu and Seto areas, Russia (''Vinnemaa'') and Latvia (''Lätimaa'')
| map2             = Lang Status 60-DE.svg
| mapcaption2      = {{center|{{small|Võro is classified as Definitely Endangered by the [[UNESCO]] ''[[Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger]]''}}}}
| notice           = IPA
| iso3             = vro
| glotto           = voro1243
| glottorefname    = Võro
|script=[[Latin alphabet|Latin]] ([[Estonian orthography|Estonian alphabet]])
}}
[[File:Võro.png|thumb|Distribution of Võro speakers according to the 2021 census.]]
[[File:WIKITONGUES-_Pulga_speaking_Võro.webm|thumb|A Võro speaker.]]
[[File:WIKITONGUES- Tuulo speaking Voro.webm|thumb|A girl speaks Võro]]
[[File:South Estonian today.PNG|thumb|South Estonian today. Võro is marked with dark red colour.]]
[[File:Võro valdo kaupa.jpg|thumb|Percentage of Võro speakers in Estonian municipalities according to the Estonian census 2011]]
[[File:Estonian-Voro-bilingual-parish-sign.JPG|thumb|A bilingual Estonian-Võro parish sign in [[Võrumaa]]. The parish name with [[vowel harmony]] (Urvastõ) is in Võro.]]
[[File:Vromaa-turismiteedus.jpg|thumb|A trilingual (Estonian–English–Võro) sign on a tourist information center in [[Võru]]]]
[[File:Abckiraoppus.jpg|thumb|A 1998 [[ABC-book]] in Võro language written by [[Sulev Iva]], [[:fiu-vro:Kauksi Ülle|Kauksi Ülle]] etc.: ''ABC kiräoppus'']]

'''Võro''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|v|ɒ|r|oʊ}} {{respell|VORR|oh}}; {{langx|vro|võro kiilʼ|link=no}} {{IPA|[ˈvɤro kʲiːlʲ]}}, {{langx|et|võru keel}})<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iub.edu/~bafsa/articles.html#Voro |title=Recent Events |publisher=Iub.edu |access-date=2014-08-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eki.ee/cgi-bin/mkn8.cgi?form=lg&lang=et&kohanimi=98002344&f2v=Y&f3v=Y&nimeliik=&maakond=&vald=&kihelkond=&asum=&f10v=Y&f14v=Y&of=tb |title=Päring LINGUAE andmebaasist. Keelte nimetused |publisher=Eki.ee |access-date=2014-08-23}}</ref> is a [[South Estonian]] language.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www-01.sil.org/iso639-3/documentation.asp?id=vro|title=ISO 639 code sets |publisher=Sil.org |date=2009-01-16 |access-date=2014-08-23}}</ref><ref name="e25" /> 
It has its own [[literary language|literary standard]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dspace.utlib.ee/dspace/bitstream/10062/4860/1/iva_sulev.pdf# |title=Võru kirjakeele sõnamuutmissüsteem (Inflectional Morphology in the Võro Literary Language) |author= Sulev Iva |location=[[Tartu University]] |pages=(English summary pp 144–146) |publisher=Dspace.utlib.ee}}</ref> and efforts have been undertaken to seek official recognition as an indigenous [[regional language]] of [[Estonia]].<ref name="koreinik1">{{cite web|url=http://www.ecmi.de/fileadmin/downloads/publications/JEMIE/2012/KoreinikSaar.pdf |last=Koreinik |first=Kadri |title=Maintenance of South Estonian Varieties: A Focus on Institutions |publisher=Journal on Ethnopolitics and Minority Issues in Europe |date=2012 |access-date=2015-12-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://fedora.phaidra.univie.ac.at/fedora/get/o:127464/bdef:Content/get |last=Meiorg |first=Marianne |title=Legal and Institutional Framework Analysis: Seto and Võro languages |publisher=Working Papers in European Language Diversity 19 |date=2012 |access-date=2015-12-09}}</ref> Võro has roughly 75,000<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://pub.stat.ee/px-web.2001/Dialog/varval.asp?ma=RLE07&lang=2 |title=Eesti Emakeelega Püsielanikud Murdekeele Oskuse Ja Soo Järgi, 31. Detsember 2011 |publisher=[[Statistikaamet]], Pub.stat.ee |language=et |access-date=2014-08-23}}</ref> speakers ([[Võros]]), mostly in southeastern Estonia, in the eight [[Parish (administrative division)|parishes]] of the historical [[Võru County]]: [[Karula Parish|Karula]], [[Hargla|Harglõ]], [[Urvaste Parish|Urvastõ]], [[Rõuge Parish|Rõugõ]], [[Kanepi Parish|Kanepi]], [[Põlva Parish|Põlva]], [[Räpina Parish|Räpinä]] and [[Vastseliina Parish|Vahtsõliina]]. These parishes are currently centred (due to redistricting) in Võru and [[Põlva County|Põlva]] counties, with parts extending into [[Valga County|Valga]] and [[Tartu County|Tartu]] counties. Speakers can also be found in the cities of [[Tallinn]] and [[Tartu]] and the rest of Estonia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wi.ee/index.php/welcome?lang=en- |title=Võro Instituut » Welcome! |publisher=Wi.ee |access-date=2014-08-23}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://wi.ee/en/voro-language/ |title=Võro language |last=Saar |first=Evar |website=Võru Instituut |language=en-US |access-date=2014-08-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.omniglot.com/writing/voro.htm |title=Võro language and alphabet |publisher=Omniglot.com |access-date=2014-08-23}}</ref>