MDF ISO 639-3
Moksha
Мокшень кяль (Mokšenj kälj) Autonym
A language of Russian Federation
- ISO 639
- mdf
- Alternate Names
- Moksha Mordvin, Mokshan, Mordoff, Mordov, Mordovian, Mordvin-Moksha
- Autonym
- Мокшень кяль (Mokšenj kälj)
- Population
- 133,000 (2010 census). Ethnic population: 253,000 (2010 census).
- Location:
- Chelyabinsk, Orenburg, and Samara provinces and Bashkortostan, Mordovia, and Tatarstan republics.
- 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.
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Location: Chelyabinsk, Orenburg, and Samara provinces and Bashkortostan, Mordovia, and Tatarstan republics.
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