Editing Votic language (section)

== Orthography ==
In the 1920s, the Votic linguist [[Dmitri Tsvetkov]] wrote a Votic grammar using a modified [[Cyrillic script|Cyrillic]] alphabet. The current Votic alphabet was created by [[Mehmet Muslimov]] in 2004:<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Ernits |first=E. (Эрнитс Э) |date=2006 |title=Ob oboznachenii zvukov v vodskom literaturnom yazyke |script-title=ru:Об обозначении звуков в водском литературном языке |url=http://www.kirj.ee/public/va_lu/ling-2006-1-1.pdf |journal=Linguistica Uralica |language=ru |volume=42 |issue=1 |doi=10.3176/lu.2006.1.01 |s2cid=248306077}}</ref>
{|
|'''A а'''
|'''Ä ä'''
|'''B b'''
|'''C c'''
|'''D d'''
|'''<nowiki>D' d'</nowiki>'''
|'''E e'''
|'''F f'''
|'''G g'''
|-
|'''H h'''
|'''I i'''
|'''J j'''
|'''K k'''
|'''L l'''
|'''<nowiki>L' l'</nowiki>'''
|'''M m'''
|'''N n'''
|'''<nowiki>N' n'</nowiki>'''
|-
|'''O o'''
|'''Ö ö'''
|'''Õ õ'''
|'''P p'''
|'''R r'''
|'''<nowiki>R' r'</nowiki>'''
|'''S s'''
|'''<nowiki>S' s'</nowiki>'''
|'''Š š'''
|-
|'''Z z'''
|'''<nowiki>Z' z'</nowiki>'''
|'''Ž ž'''
|'''T t'''
|'''<nowiki>T' t'</nowiki>'''
|'''U u'''
|'''V v''' 
|'''Ü ü'''
|'''Ts ts'''
|}

A peculiarity of Muslimov's orthography is using ''c'' for {{IPA|/t͡ʃ/}} (this phoneme comes mostly from palatalization of historical {{IPA|/k/}}, compare Votic ''ceeli'' 'language', ''cülä'' 'village' with Finnish ''kieli, kylä''). Some publications use ''tš'' or ''č'' instead.

One may find different orthographies for Votic in descriptive work. Some use a modified Cyrillic alphabet, and others a [[Latin script|Latin]] one. The transcriptions based on Latin have many similarities with those used in closely related Finnic languages, such as the use of ''č'' for {{IPA|/t͡ʃ/}}. At least a couple of ways exist for indicating long vowels in Votic; placing a [[Macron (diacritic)|macron]] over the vowel (such as ''ā'') as in [[Latvian language|Latvian]], or as in written Estonian and Finnish, doubling the vowel (''aa''). [[Gemination|Geminate]] consonants are generally represented with two characters. The representation of central vowels varies. In some cases the practice is to use ''e̮'' according to the standards of [[Uralic transcription]], while in other cases the letter ''õ'' is used, as in Estonian.