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{{Short description|Dialect of South Estonian}}
{{distinguish|text=the Seto dialect of the [[Fon language]]}}
{{Expand language|topic=|langcode=ru|otherarticle=Сету (диалект)|date=June 2024}}
{{More footnotes needed|date=January 2022}}
{{Infobox language
| name             = Seto
| nativename       = {{lang|vro|seto kiil´}}
| states           = [[Estonia]]
| region           = [[Setomaa]]
| ethnicity        = [[Setos]]
| speakers         = 25,080
| date             = 2021 census
| ref              = <ref>{{Cite web |title=RL21446: POPULATION WITH ESTONIAN AS THEIR MOTHER TONGUE BY ABILITY TO SPEAK A DIALECT, AGE GROUP, SEX, AND PLACE OF RESIDENCE (ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT), 31 DECEMBER 2021 |url=https://andmed.stat.ee/pxweb/en/stat/stat__rahvaloendus__rel2021__rahvastiku-demograafilised-ja-etno-kultuurilised-naitajad__voorkeeleoskus-murded/RL21446.px/ |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=PxWeb |language=en}}</ref>
| familycolor      = Uralic
| fam2             = [[Finnic languages|Finnic]]
| fam3             = [[South Estonian]]
| fam4             = Ugala
| isoexception     = dialect
| glotto           = seto1244
| glottorefname    = Seto
| fam5             = Ugandi
| fam6             = [[Võro language|Võro]]-Seto
| map              = File:South Estonian today.PNG
| mapcaption       = South Estonian today. Seto is marked with light red colour.
| map2             = File:Seto language distribution.png
| mapcaption2      = Distribution of Seto speakers according to the 2021 census.
}}
'''Seto''' ({{lang|vro|seto kiil´}};<ref>{{Cite web |title=Google Scholar |url=https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=%22Seto+language%22&hl=en&lr=&btnG=Search |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=scholar.google.com}}</ref> {{langx|et|setu keel}}) is a dialect of [[South Estonian]] spoken by 25,080 people.<ref>{{Cite web |title=RL21446: POPULATION WITH ESTONIAN AS THEIR MOTHER TONGUE BY ABILITY TO SPEAK A DIALECT, AGE GROUP, SEX, AND PLACE OF RESIDENCE (ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT), 31 DECEMBER 2021 |url=https://andmed.stat.ee/pxweb/en/stat/stat__rahvaloendus__rel2021__rahvastiku-demograafilised-ja-etno-kultuurilised-naitajad__voorkeeleoskus-murded/RL21446.px/ |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=PxWeb |language=en}}</ref> It is sometimes identified as a variety under [[Võro language|Võro]], or the two are described as Võro-Seto. [[Setos]] ({{lang|vro|setokõsõq}}) mostly inhabit the area near [[Estonia]]'s southeastern border with [[Russia]] in [[Setomaa]], and are primarily [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Eastern Orthodox]], while [[Võros]] ({{lang|vro|võrokõsõq}}) are traditionally [[Lutheranism|Lutherans]] and live in historical [[Võru County]].

== Language sample ==
Article 1 of the [[Universal Declaration of Human Rights]]:

* Seto:  {{lang|vro|Kõik inemiseq sünnüseq vapost ja ütesugumaidsist uma avvo ja õiguisi poolõst. Näile om annõt mudsu ja süämetun'stus ja nä piät ütstõõsõga vele muudu läbi kjauma.}}
* [[Võro language|Võro]]:  {{lang|vro|Kõik inemiseq sünnüseq vapos ja ütesugumaidsis uma avvo ja õiguisi poolõst. Näile om annõt mudsu ja süämetunnistus ja nä piät ütstõõsõga vele muudu läbi käümä.}}
* [[Estonian language|Estonian]]:  {{lang|et|Kõik inimesed sünnivad vabadena ja võrdsetena oma väärikuselt ja õigustelt. Neile on antud mõistus ja südametunnistus ja nende suhtumist üksteisesse peab kandma vendluse vaim.}}
* [[Finnish language|Finnish]]:  {{lang|fi|Kaikki ihmiset syntyvät vapaina ja tasavertaisina arvoltaan ja oikeuksiltaan. Heille on annettu järki ja omatunto, ja heidän on toimittava toisiaan kohtaan veljeyden hengessä.}}
* [[English language|English]]: ''All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.''

== References ==
{{Reflist}}
* {{cite journal |last=Alekseev |first=F. |year=2016 |title=Opyt polevogo issledovanija jazyka seto |script-title=ru:Опыт полевого исследования языка сето |trans-title=Field research experience in the Seto language |journal=Finno-ugorskij Mir |volume=3 |pages=14–17 |url=https://www.academia.edu/29055826 |language=ru}}
* {{cite journal |last1=Eichenbaum |first1=Külli |last2=Pajusalu |first2=Karl |year=2001 |title=Setode ja võrokeste keelehoiakutest ja identiteedist |journal=Keel ja Kirjandus |volume=7 |pages=483–489 |url=https://www.digar.ee/arhiiv/et/download/143169}}
* {{cite book |isbn=9985914953 |title=Võro-Seto Language |last1=Eller |first1=Kalle |date=1999 |publisher=Võro Institute }}

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[[Category:Seto]]
[[Category:South Estonian language]]
[[Category:Vowel-harmony languages]]
[[Category:Languages of Estonia]]
[[Category:Indigenous languages of Europe]]
[[Category:Indigenous languages of European Russia]]


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