Seto dialect
Dialect of South Estonian / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with the Seto dialect of the Fon language.
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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