Moksha language
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The Mokshan language (Moksha), мокшень кяль (mokshanj kälj) is spoken in West part of the Republic of Mordovia and adjacent Penza, Ryazan, Tambov, Saratov, Samara, Orenburg oblasts, Tatarstan, Bashkortostan republics, Siberia, Far East of Russia and also in Armenia and USA. The number of speakers is around 500,000.
It is currently written using the Russian Cyrillic alphabet with no modifications to the variant used by the Russian language and Latin alphabet. In Mordovia, it is co-official with the Erzya language and Russian language.
The language belongs to the Mordvinic branch of Finno-Volgaic languages a sub-branch of the Finno-Ugric languages. It is related to the Erzya language, but is quite distinct in its phonetics, vocabulary and grammar.
Cyrillic Alphabet: А/а, Б/б, В/в, Г/г, Д/д, Е/е, Ё/ё, Ж/ж, З/з, И/и, Й/й, К/к, Л/л, М/м, Н/н, О/о, П/п, Р/р, С/с, Т/т, У/у, Ф/ф, Х/х, Ц/ц, Ч/ч, Ш/ш, Щ/щ, Ъ/ъ, Ы/ы, Ь/ь, Э/э, Ю/ю, Я/я
Latin Alphabet: Aa, Ää, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz
| Finno-Ugric languages | |||
| Ugric languages | Hungarian | Khanty | Mansi | ||
| Permic languages | Komi | Komi-Permyak | Udmurt | ||
| Finno-Volgaic languages | Mari | Erzya | Moksha | Merya† | Meshcherian† | Muromian† | Sami languages | Estonian | Finnish | Livonian | Veps | Võro | Votic | ||
| † Language death>Extinct | |||
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