Moksha language
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This article is about the Uralic language spoken in Russia. For other uses, see Moksha (disambiguation).
Moksha (мокшень кяль, mokšəń käĺ, pronounced ['mɔkʃənʲ kʲælʲ]) is a Mordvinic language of the Uralic family, with around 130,000 native speakers in 2010. Moksha is the majority language in the western part of Mordovia.[5] Its closest relative is the Erzya language, with which it is not mutually intelligible. Moksha is also possibly closely related to the extinct Meshcherian and Muromian languages.[6]
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Moksha | |
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Mokshan[1] | |
мокшень кяль | |
Pronunciation | IPA: ['mɔkʃənʲ kælʲ] |
Native to | Russia |
Region | European Russia |
Ethnicity | 253,000 Mokshas (2010 census) |
Native speakers | 300,000 claimed to speak "Mordvin" while 20,000 claimed to speak "Moksha Mordvin" (2020 census)[2] |
Cyrillic | |
Official status | |
Official language in | Mordovia (Russia) |
Regulated by | Mordovian Research Institute of Language, Literature, History and Economics |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-2 | mdf |
ISO 639-3 | mdf |
Glottolog | moks1248 |
ELP | Moksha |
Moksha is classified as Definitely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
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