Võro is the language of South Estonia, belonging to the Finnic branch of the Uralic language family. Governmentally, it has been considered a dialect of the Estonian language along with all varieties of South Estonian. However, many linguists consider South Estonian to be an independent Finnic language. It has its own literary standard and efforts have been undertaken to seek official recognition as an indigenous regional language of Estonia. Võro has roughly 75,000 speakers (Võros), mostly in southeastern Estonia, in the eight parishes of the historical Võru County: Karula, Harglõ, Urvastõ, Rõugõ, Kanepi, Põlva, Räpinä and Vahtsõliina. These parishes are currently centred in Võru and Põlva counties, with parts extending into Valga and Tartu counties. Speakers can also be found in the cities of Tallinn and Tartu and the rest of Estonia.
The Police and Border Guard Board is a unified national governmental agency within the Estonian Ministry of Interior and is responsible for law enforcement and internal security in the Republic of Estonia.
Harju is a village in Hiiumaa Parish, Hiiu County in northwestern Estonia.
Kaderna is a village in Hiiumaa Parish, Hiiu County in northwestern Estonia.
Kaigutsi is a village in Hiiumaa Parish, Hiiu County in northwestern Estonia.
Jõeranna is a village in Hiiumaa Parish, Hiiu County in northwestern Estonia.
Jõesuu is a village in Hiiumaa Parish, Hiiu County in northwestern Estonia.
Kalana is a village in Hiiumaa Parish, Hiiu County in northwestern Estonia. It is located at the end of the Kõpu Peninsula, part of the island of Hiiumaa. Kalana has a population of 29 . It is also known as Dagerort (Дагерорт) in Swedish and Russian.
Hilleste is a village in Hiiumaa Parish, Hiiu County in northwestern Estonia.
Läsna is a village in Kadrina Parish, Lääne-Viru County, in northeastern Estonia.
Lahe is a village in Põlva Parish, Põlva County in southeastern Estonia.
Salavere is a village in Saaremaa Parish, Saare County in western Estonia.
Kaugatoma is a village in Saaremaa Parish, Saare County, Estonia, on the island of Saaremaa. As of the 2011 census, the settlement's population was 6.
Haavistu is a village in Rõuge Parish, Võru County in southeastern Estonia. Prior to the administrative reform of municipalities in 2017, it was part of Haanja Parish. The population has been 3 since 2021.
Naapka is a village in Rõuge Parish, Võru County in Estonia.
Keel ja Kirjandus is a journal published in Estonia by Kultuurileht SA. The journal is compiled by the Estonian Academy of Sciences and the Estonian Writers' Union.
Arvi Mägi is an Estonian actor and theatre director.
Tiiu Erelt is an Estonian linguist.
Arvi is an Estonian and Finnish male given name.
Arvi Siig was an Estonian poet, translator and journalist. He was a member of the CPSU and a communist, but still critical of many aspects of the political aspects of his day. His poetry inspired later punk poets and many of his texts are used as lyrics by the Estonian alternative rock band Vennaskond. He was among the first to include modern urban themes in Estonian poetry, also giving a voice to prostitutes, including Soviet prostitutes. The creators of the award-winning computer RPG Disco Elysium, Robert Kurvitz and Aleksander Rostov hailed Siig as inspiration and the greatest Estonian poet when accepting the president's Young Cultural Figure award in 2020: "Without his modernism, Elysium - the world the game is placed in - would not be half of what it is."
