Votes
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]
Votic Coat o Airms, designed bi Alexander Gurinov | |
Regions wi signeeficant populations | |
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Roushie | 73 (2002)[1] |
Estonie | 9 (2000)[2] |
Leids | |
Votic, Roushie, Ingrie | |
Releegion | |
Orthodox | |
Relatit ethnic groups | |
other Finnic fowks |
References
eeditFreemit airtins
eedit- The Red Book of the Peoples of the Russian Empire - The Votes
- VAĐĐA TODAY, is an open project run as a NGO aimed to popularize Votes' culture among the Internet community.