Also Known As:
Vod, Vot, водский язык, vaďďaa tšeeli, maa tšeeli, vađđa, vadjdjaa, maaceeli, Wotisch, vad'd'alaizet, vod', čudy, Vodian, Votish, Votisch, vodskij jazyk, vadjan keel, vatjan kieli, Vote, Votian
Dialects & Varieties
- West Vod
- East Vod
Recent Resources
Online news article in Russian about Votic and other Finno-Ugric languages of Leningrad Oblast', Rus
The collection of links containing texts written in Votic.
Russian-language TV series about minority peoples of Russia. Includes Votic songs, poetry
Critically Endangered
80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
<10
Native Speakers Worldwide
Speaker Number Trends
Speaker Number Trend 5
A small percentage of the community speaks the language, and speaker numbers are decreasing very rapidly.
5
Transmission
Transmission 5
There are only a few elderly speakers.
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Bibliography
Bibliography of Vitality:
Correlation between social and linguistic parameters in modeling language contact: Evidence from endangered Finnic varieties
Bibliography of Locations:
Moseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)
Bibliography of Context:
Correlation between social and linguistic parameters in modeling language contact: Evidence from endangered Finnic varieties