ווֹרוֹ

ידוע גם כ: Voro, Voru

Võro (võro kiil) is a Southern Estonian Finnic variety preserving features lost in standard Estonian — including a glottal stop (written q) and additional vowel distinctions. With ~75K speakers in southeastern Estonia (Võrumaa, Setomaa), it is recognized as a regional language of Estonia. Sometimes considered a dialect of Estonian, sometimes a separate language; the Võro–Seto literary tradition has developed since the 1980s revival, including the Võro Institute (1995) and Võro-language schools and media. The closely related Seto variety has even more divergent features.