Erzya
erzänj kelj
эрзянь кель
Country Russia
Region Mordovia, Nizhny Novgorod, Chuvashia, Ulyanovsk, Samara, Penza, Saratov, Orenburg, Tatarstan, Bashkortostan
Speakers
430,000 Mordvin (2010 census)
The 1926 census found that approximately 2/3 of ethnic Mordvins were Erzya, and the figure might be similar today
Family
Writing
Cyrillic
AreaMordovian Republic, north and east; Nizhni Novgorod, Ulyanovsk, Penza, Samara, Buguruslan; Chuvassia, Tatarstan, and Bashkortostan republics. Also in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan.
Language Sites
ISO 639-2 myv
ISO 639-3 myv
Glottolog erzy1239
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