Everything about The Volgaic Finns totally explained
The
Volgaic Finns are people who speak languages of the
Finno-Volgaic branch of the
Finno-Ugric language family.
Less than one third of Volgaic Finns live in the autonomous republic of
Mordovia,
Russian Federation, in the basin of the
Volga River. The rest are scattered over the Russian
oblasts of
Samara,
Penza,
Orenburg and
Nizhni Novgorod, as well as
Tatarstan,
Kazakhstan,
Central Asia,
Siberia,
Far East,
Armenia,
Australia and
USA.
There are three separate nations of Volga Finns:
Erzya (Ersa ), who speak
Erzya;
Mari, who speak
Mari; and
Moksha, who speak
Moksha.
The
Qaratay Mokshan ethnic group live in Kama Tamağı District of
Tatarstan, and have
shifted to speaking Tatar, albeit with a large proportion of Mordvin vocabulary (
substratum). Erzya ethnic group (
Teryukhan), (Terjuhan ) living in the
Nizhny Novgorod Oblast of Russia have switched to
Russian in the 19th century. The Teryukhans recognize the term
Mordva as pertaining to themselves, whereas the Qaratay call themselves Muksha.
There is also western group of the Erzyans
Shoksha (or Shoksho). For some reason, this name is rarely mentioned in literature. The Shoksha live isolated from the bulk of the Erzyans, and their dialect has been influenced by the Mokshan dialects.
Since
1950s the number of Erzyas and Mokshas in Mordovia, and their knowledge of their mother tongues has decreased. In
2003 there were around 845,000 Mordvins.
The Mokshan and Erzyan national epic is called
Mastorava, which stands for "Mother Earth". It was compiled of separate Mokshan and Erzyan folklore heritage by A. M. Sharonov and first published in 1994.
List of notable Mokshas and Erzyas
List of Erzya papers
Chilisema (for children)
Erzyan pravda (newspaper)
Moksha (literature, culture)
Mokshen pravda (newspaper)
Syatko (literature, culture)
Yakster Tyashtenya (for children)
List of Moksha papers
Moksha (literature, culture)
Mokshen pravda (newspaper)
Yakster Tyashtenya (for children)Further Information
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