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Votic, or Votian (vaďďa tšeeli, maatšeeli ), is the language spoken by the Votes of Ingria, belonging to the Finnic branch of the Uralic languages. Votic is spoken only in Krakolye and Luzhitsy, two villages in Kingiseppsky District in Leningrad Oblast, Russia, and is close to extinction. According to
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See moreVotic is one of numerous Finnic varieties known from Ingria. Votic shares some similarities with and has acquired loanwords from the adjacent Ingrian language, but also has deep-reaching similarities with
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See moreThere have been multiple attempts to have education in Votic. In 2003–2004 Votic courses were organized by Mehmet Muslimov. And also in 1995–1998 courses were in St. Petersburg
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See moreIn the 1920s, the Votic linguist Dmitri Tsvetkov wrote a Votic grammar using a modified Cyrillic alphabet. The current Votic alphabet was created by Mehmet Muslimov in 2004:
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See moreVotic is an agglutinating language much like the other Finnic languages. In terms of inflection on nouns, Votic has two numbers (singular, plural), and 16 cases: nominative
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See moreThree definite dialect groups of Votic are known:
• Western, the areas around the mouth of the Luga River
• Eastern, in villages around Koporye...
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Votic has 10 vowel qualities, all of which can be long or short; represented in the following chart. The...
See more• Ariste, Paul (1968). A Grammar of the Votic Language. Bloomington: Indiana University. ISBN 978-0-87750-024-7.
• Kettunen, Lauri (1915). Vatjan kielen äännehistoria. Suomalaisen kirjallisuuden seura....
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