Moksha

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A language of Russian Federation

ISO 639-3
mdf
Alternate Names
Moksha Mordvin, Mokshan, Mordoff, Mordov, Mordovian, Mordvin-Moksha
Autonym
Мокшень кяль‎ (Mokšenj kälj)
User Population

133,000 (2010 census). Ethnic population: 253,000 (2010 census).

Location

Chelyabinsk, Orenburg, and Samara provinces and Bashkortostan, Mordovia, and Tatarstan republics.

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Language Status

6b (Threatened).

Classification
Uralic, Mordvin
Dialects

None known. Very different from Erzya [myv].

Language Use

The Tengushen are Erzya ethnically, but speak Moksha. Some young people, all adults. Many children learn the language but usually only use it with elderly relatives (Salminen 2007). Also use Russian [rus].

Language Development

Grammar. NT: 2016.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Moksha
Writing

Cyrillic script [Cyrl].

Other Comments

There are Moksha villages where people speak hardly any other language except Moksha. Christian.