Not to be confused with the Seto dialect of the Fon language.
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Seto
seto kiil´
Native to
Estonia
Region
Setomaa
Ethnicity
Setos
Native speakers
13,000 (2011 census)[1]
Language family
Uralic
Finnic
South Estonian
Võro?
Seto
Language codes
ISO 639-3
–
Glottolog
seto1244
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.
Seto (seto kiil´; Estonian: setu keel) is a dialect of South Estonian spoken by 12,549 people. It is sometimes identified as a variety under Võro, or...
Finnic language or an Estonian dialect, spoken in south-eastern Estonia, encompassing the Tartu, Mulgi, Võro and Seto varieties. There is no academic...
or Võro, some linguists also consider Seto and Võro to be dialects from a common language, Võro-Seto, or Seto to be a language on its own, more similar...
Since the early 2000s, the Setos have sought greater recognition, rather than having their language considered a dialect of Estonian. Eastern Orthodox...
eastern Seto, but had slight influence from Võro. The Kraasna dialect had an abessive suffix -ldA and the translative marker -st which are linked to Seto. Mis...
Russian: Сетумаа, Seto: Setomaa) is a region south of Lake Peipus and traditionally inhabited by the Seto people. The Setodialect is a variety of South...
Ludza in Latvia. Ludza is the most similar to the Setodialect of South Estonian. The Ludza dialect has been on a decline and is now extinct. It was estimated...
Banshū/Kōbe-ben and mixed with dialects of Osaka, Wakayama and Tokushima Prefectures due to the intersecting location of sea routes in the Seto Inland Sea and the...
considered dialects of in the past. Some of these groups have established their own orthographies and standardised languages. Võro and Seto, which are...
Mulgi, Võro and Seto varieties. These are sometimes considered either variants of South Estonian or separate languages altogether. Also, Seto and Võro distinguish...
languages of the Soviet Union consist of hundreds of different languages and dialects from several different language groups. In 1922, it was decreed that all...
The Awaji dialect (淡路方言, Awaji hōgen), also called Awaji ben (淡路弁), is a dialect of Japanese spoken on Awaji Island (which comprises the cities of Sumoto...
separate languages or dialects of Latvian and Lithuanian, respectively. The Estonian language (including its divergent Võro and Setodialects) is a Finnic language...
consists of four prefectures: Ehime, Kagawa, Kōchi, and Tokushima. Across the Seto Inland Sea lie Wakayama, Osaka, Hyōgo, Okayama, Hiroshima, and Yamaguchi...
Taarka has the distinction of being the first feature-length film in the Setodialect. In 2019, actress Merle Jääger appeared as Hilana Taarka in the Hardi...
Taarka has the distinction of being the first feature-length film in the Setodialect. In 2010, she played a supporting role as Marju in the Andres Puustusmaa-directed...
Marje Metsur Biography-Drama about Seto singer Hilana Taarka First theatrically released film in the Setodialect Teine tulemine [et] The Second Coming...
Matsuyama. Located in the northwestern part of Shikoku, Ehime faces the Seto Inland Sea to the north and is bordered by Kagawa and Tokushima in the east...
difficult life of the Seto folk singer Hilana Taarka. Taarka has the distinction of being the first feature-length film made in the Setodialect and won the 2008...
is currently based on Lhasa Tibetan. Võro and Seto, regional languages of Estonia, are either dialects of Estonian or separate Finnic languages as Estonian...
Nagoya viewed from Midland Square (2015) Hisaya Ōdori Park (2020) Nagoya and Seto Digital Tower from Mount Sanage (2016) Sakae area (2016) Nagoya lies north...
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