Votic language

Votic
Votic
Vod
vaďďa tšeeli, maatšeeli
Native to	Russia
Region	Ingria
Ethnicity	Votes
Native speakers	21 (2020); 100 with some knowledge
Language family	Uralic Finnic Southern Finnic Votic; ; ;
Dialects	Krevinian; Kukkuzi;
Language codes
ISO 639-2	vot
ISO 639-3	vot – inclusive code; Individual code:; zkv – Krevinian
Glottolog	voti1245
ELP	Votic
	Distribution of Ingrian and Votic at the beginning of the 20th century
	Vote is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger (2010)

Votic, or Votian (vaďďa tšeeli, maatšeeli) [ˈvɑdʲːɑ ˈt͡ɕeːlʲi, ˈmɑːˌt͡ɕeːlʲi], is a Finnic 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, . In the 2020–2021 Russian census, 21 people claimed to speak Votic natively, which is an increase from 4 in 2010. Arvo Survo also estimated that around 100 people have knowledge of the language to some degree.

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