Võros
Ethnic group in Estonia
title: "Võros" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["võro", "ethnic-groups-in-estonia", "baltic-finns"] description: "Ethnic group in Estonia" topic_path: "general/voro" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Võros" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Ethnic group in Estonia ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox Ethnic group"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| group | Võros/Võro |
| võrokõsõq | |
| võrukesed | |
| flag | File:Flag of Võro.svg |
| flag_caption | Võro flag |
| image | File:Võru-dancing group.JPG |
| image_caption | Traditional dance of Võros |
| population | 50,000 to 70,000 (74,499) (about 4–7% of the population) |
| regions | Estonia |
| Latvia | |
| Pskov Oblast | |
| languages | Võro, Standard Estonian |
| religions | Eastern Orthodox, Evangelical Lutheran |
| related | Estonians Setos |
| :: |
| group = Võros/Võro võrokõsõq võrukesed | flag = File:Flag of Võro.svg | flag_caption = Võro flag | image = File:Võru-dancing group.JPG | image_caption = Traditional dance of Võros | population = 50,000 to 70,000 (74,499) (about 4–7% of the population) | regions = Estonia Latvia Pskov Oblast | languages = Võro, Standard Estonian | religions = Eastern Orthodox, Evangelical Lutheran | related = Estonians Setos
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b4/WIKITONGUES-_Pulga_speaking_Võro.webm" caption="Pulga, a native Võro speaker."] ::
Võros (Võro: võrokõsõq, pronounced , , ) are the indigenous inhabitants of historical Võromaa (Vana Võromaa), a region in Southeastern Estonia (Võru and Põlva Counties with parts extending into Valga and Tartu Counties). The term is particularly used by proponents of a regional identity.
About 70,000 people live in historical Võromaa and many more identify as Võros although they live outside the territory, mostly in Tartu and Tallinn.
References
References
- "Eesti Emakeelega Püsielanikud Murdekeele Oskuse Ja Soo Järgi, 31. Detsember 2011". [[Statistikaamet]], Pub.stat.ee.
- ERR, Mirjam Mõttus {{!}}. (2023-04-27). "Estonia's Võros declare themselves indigenous, want language recognized".
- Võrokõisi kongress, Congress of the Võro People {{!}}. (2023-04-22). "Decision of the 1st Congress of the Võro People on Declaring the Võros as Indigenous People".
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