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Votic|ˈvəʊtɪk| [Origin uncertain.] A language of the Finnish group of the Finno-Ugrian family of languages, used by a small number of speakers in the Ingrian region, now in the north-west part of the U.S.S.R. Also ˈVotian.
1908T. G. Tucker Introd. Nat. Hist. Lang. 132 Tchudic and the cognate dialects Vepsic and Votic, about Lake Onega. 1933[see Ludian]. 1939L. H. Gray Foundations of Language 369 The languages of the Uralic family are as follows:..Finnish group: Finnish proper.., Karelian.., Olonetzian, Ingrian, Lüdish, Vepsian, Votian, Esthonian, etc. 1954Pei & Gaynor Dict. Linguistics 229 Votian, a member of the Finnish group of the Finno-Ugric (or Uralic) sub-family of the Ural-Altaic family of languages. 1964Language XL. 98 The Veps, Votic, and Estonian cognates..are hardly necessary. 1977Ibid. LIII. 477 The last ten are Yurak Samoyed, Lapp, Judeo-Spanish, Vepsian, Kashubian, Karaim, Ingrian, Livonian, Votic, and Manx Gaelic. |