The Erzya Language. Where is it spoken?

• Published in: Études finno-ougriennes
• Main Author: Rueter, Jack
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: INALCO 2013
• Subjects: Mordve; erza; usage linguistique; Morvinian; Erzya; language use; Moksha; Mordvin; Shoksha; Altai; Finno-Ugric Republics; Mordovia; Novy Uzensk; Spassk; Saransk; Atyashevo; Batushevo Kemlya; Kabayevo; Zlatoust; Moscow Oblast; Nizhny Novgorod; Orenburg Oblast; Buguruslan; Korovino; Penza; Perm Oblast; Primorski Krai; Ryazan Oblast; Saint Petersburg; Samara; Saratov; Siberia; Chita Oblast; Irkutsk Oblast; Kemerovski Oblast; Sakhalin Oblast; Tomsk Oblast; Sura; Bashkortostan; Chuvashia; Atrať; Tatarstan; Ulyanovsk; Vladimir Oblast; Volga; litt; lang; Sakhalin
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.4000/efo.1829; http://journals.openedition.org/efo/1829

This article deals with Erzya, their affiliations, where they live and where their language is spoken. A geographical presentation is outlined for where Erzya has been traditionally spoken over the past one hundred years, as documented in the collections of Heikki Paasonen. Use of the language as a...