Seto dialect

Seto
seto kiil´
Native toEstonia
RegionSetomaa
EthnicitySetos
Native speakers
13,000 (2011 census)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Glottologseto1244
South Estonian today. Seto is marked with light red colour.
Percentage of Seto speakers in Estonian municipalities according to the Estonian census 2011.

Seto (seto kiil´;[2] Estonian: setu keel) is a dialect of South Estonian spoken by 12,549 people.[1] It is sometimes identified as a variety under Võro, or the two are described as Võro-Seto. Setos (setokõsõq) mostly inhabit the area near Estonia's southeastern border with Russia in Setomaa, and are primarily Eastern Orthodox, while Võros (võrokõsõq) are traditionally Lutherans and live in historical Võru County.


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