Online Encyclopedia
Moksha language
Moksha language is spoken mostly in South of the republic of Mordovia in Russia. The number of speakers is around 400,000 and declining.
It is currently written using the Russian Cyrillic alphabet. In Mordovia, it is co-official with Erzya language and Russian.
The language belongs to the Mordvinic branch of the Finno-Ugric languages. It is related to the Erzya language, but is quite distinct.