vros

Vros (vroksq) are an autochthonous linguistic minority in south-eastern Estonia. They are mostly Vro-speaking people of Estonian nationality. Their language Vro (like Finnish and Estonian) belongs to the Balto-Finnic group of the Finno-Ugric languages. Vro is a regional language of Estonia (in search of more recognition). There are approximately 70,000 Vros all around the world. The bulk of the Vro-language speakers, however, are found in historical Vro region (Vromaa) in south-eastern Estonia, which refers to the territory bounded by the same county lines from 1783 to 1920. The Vro language is spoken in the eight parishes of historical Vromaa: Karula, Hargl, Urvast, Rug, Kanepi, Plva, Rpin, and Vahtsliina. These parishes are currently centered (due to redistricting) in Vru and Plva counties with parts extending into Valga and Tartu counties. The Vro language was also once spoken further south and east of historical Vromaa in what is now Latvia and Russia. Today, many Vro- language speakers can also be found in Tallinn, Tartu and the rest of Estonia.

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