Editing Votic language (section)

{{Short description|Finnic language}}{{Hatnote|Not to be confused with the [[Votic languages]] of Central America.}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2024}}
{{Infobox language
| name             = Votic
| altname          = Vod
| nativename       = {{lang|vot|vaďďa tšeeli}}, {{lang|vot|maatšeeli}}
| states           = [[Russia]]
| region           = [[Ingria]]
| ethnicity        = [[Vots]]
| speakers         = 21
| date             = 2020
| ref              = <ref>{{Cite web |title=Итоги Всероссийской переписи населения 2020 года. Таблица 6. Население по родному языку.|trans-title=Results of the All-Russian population census 2020. Table 6. population according to native language. |url=https://rosstat.gov.ru/vpn_popul |access-date=3 January 2023 |website=rosstat.gov.ru}}</ref>
| speakers2        = 100 with some knowledge (2021)<ref name=":1" />
| familycolor      = Uralic
| fam2             = [[Finnic languages|Finnic]]
| fam3             = Southern Finnic
| dia1             = [[Krevinian dialect|Krevinian]]
| dia2             = [[Kukkuzi dialect|Kukkuzi]]
| iso2             = vot
| iso3             = vot
| glotto           = voti1245
| glottorefname    = Votic
| notice           = IPA
| map              = 2.4a-Ingrian-and-Votic traditional.png
| mapcaption       = Distribution of Ingrian and Votic at the beginning of the 20th century<ref name=map1>{{Cite journal |last1=Rantanen |first1=Timo |last2=Tolvanen |first2=Harri |last3=Roose |first3=Meeli |last4=Ylikoski |first4=Jussi |last5=Vesakoski |first5=Outi |date=8 June 2022 |title=Best practices for spatial language data harmonization, sharing and map creation—A case study of Uralic |journal=PLOS ONE |language=en |volume=17 |issue=6 |pages=e0269648 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0269648|doi-access=free |pmid=35675367 |pmc=9176854 |bibcode=2022PLoSO..1769648R }}</ref><ref name=map2>Rantanen, Timo, Vesakoski, Outi, Ylikoski, Jussi, & Tolvanen, Harri. (2021). ''Geographical database of the Uralic languages'' (v1.0) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4784188</ref>
| map2             = Lang Status 20-CR.svg
| mapcaption2      = {{center|{{small|Vote is classified as Critically Endangered by the [[UNESCO]] ''[[Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger]]'' (2010)}}}}
| pronunciation    = {{IPA|[ˈvɑdʲːɑ ˈt͡ɕeːlʲi, ˈmɑːˌt͡ɕeːlʲi]}}
}}
[[File:2.4b-Ingrian-and-Votic current.png|thumb|300px|Ingrian and Votic villages at the beginning of the 21st century<ref name=map1/><ref name=map2/>]]
'''Votic''' or '''Votian''' ({{lang|vot|vaďďa tšeeli}}, {{lang|vot|maatšeeli}}) {{IPA|lang=vot|link=yes|[ˈvɑdʲːɑ ˈt͡ɕeːlʲi, ˈmɑːˌt͡ɕeːlʲi]}}{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}, is a [[Finnic languages|Finnic]] language spoken by the [[Votians|Vots]] of [[Ingria]], belonging to the [[Finnic languages|Finnic]] branch of the [[Uralic languages]]. Votic is spoken only in [[Krakolye]] (now part of [[Ust-Luga]]) and [[Luzhitsy, Kingiseppsky District, Leningrad Oblast|Luzhitsy]], two villages in [[Kingiseppsky District]] in [[Leningrad Oblast]], [[Russia]]. In the 2020–2021 Russian census, 21 people claimed to speak Votic natively, which is an increase from 4 in 2010.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Росстат — Всероссийская перепись населения 2020 |url=https://rosstat.gov.ru/vpn_popul |access-date=3 January 2023 |website=rosstat.gov.ru}}</ref> Arvo Survo also estimated that around 100 people have knowledge of the language to some degree.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=3 April 2021 |title=Vatjan kieltä puhuvat vähissä – Elämme aikaa, jolloin jälleen yhden suomensukuisen kansan kieli vaikenee |url=https://www.forssanlehti.fi/paakirjoitus-mielipide/5062863 |access-date=3 January 2023 |website=Forssan Lehti |language=fi}}</ref>