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Name: Erzya
Type: Language
Alternate Names: Mordwin; Mordvin; Erza; erzja; northern dialect; Mordvin (Erzya); Mordva; erza; moksha; Erzya-Mordva; Mordwinisch; Erza-Mordwinisch; Mordvinisch; Ersä-Mundart; Mordvinian; mordve; erźa; mokša; Mordvin-Erzya; Erzia; Erzá; Erzja; Erza-Mordvinisch; erzjan΄ kel΄; erzjanskij jazyk; Morduini; Mordua
Spoken in: Kyrgyzstan, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Russia
Number of speakers: 614,000 in Russian Federation (2002 census). Population total all countries: 696,630 (Ethnologue)
Number of speakers: 400000 (UNESCO)
Number of speakers: 517575 (World Oral Literature Project)
Code: myv
Code Standard: ISO 639-3
Documentation: SIL
Families: Uralic (Proto-Uralic, Langue Ouraliennes, Finno-Ugrian and Samoyed)
Parent Subgroup: Mordvin; Mordvinic; Mordvinian; Mordvinisch; mordvinische Gruppe; Gemeinmordvinisch (mord)

Endangerment Status


UNESCO Status: Definitely endangered
Ethnologue Status: Not listed
Sutherland's Red List: Not listed

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