Mochan language
| Moksha-Mordovian (mokšeń käĺ) | ||
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Spoken in |
Russia | |
| speaker | approx. 250,000 | |
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| Official language in | Mordovia | |
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| ISO 639 -1 |
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| ISO 639 -2 |
mdf |
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| ISO 639-3 |
mdf |
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The Moksha-Mordovian (Moksha мокшень, mokschen ) is the smaller of the two main dialects of the Mordovian language that the Volga Finnish group of Ugric Finno-languages heard. Mochan is used by about a third of the 750,000 Mordovian speakers.
Peculiarities of Mochan
In contrast to Ersjan , which only knows the vowel phonemes a, e, i, o, u , Mokshan also has the sounds ä and y (a reduced sound similar to Russian ы ) and is usually stressed on the first syllable. In addition, Mokshan has twelve cases (eleven in Ersyan). Greater Tatar influences can be found in Mokshan .
Language policy
As part of the joint program “Minorities in Russia: Developing Culture, Language, Media and Civil Society” of the Council of Europe , the European Commission and Russia, four project proposals were submitted in Mordovia with the aim of promoting the Eryan and Mokshan languages.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Joint Program “National minorities in Russia: Developing Languages, Culture, Media and Civil Society” - List of selected projects