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Schokscha is a Finno-Ugric language of the people of the same name. It belongs to the Mordovian languages and is also considered a dialect of the Erjan language .

Schoksha live in 15 populated points of the Tengushjewer Rajons of Mordovia (Bajewo, Bereznjak, Bjagscha, Dudnikowo, Koljajewo, Kurajewo, Malaja Schokscha, Melsetjewo, Mokschanka, Naravatowo, Sakajewo, Standrobe, Schiromasowo, in the villages of Schokschelubejewo, Schokschelubj) and 5 Schiromasovy (Drakino, Kaschlodka, Majskij, Fjodorowka, Jakstere Teschte). In total, the choksha number around 10,000 people.

Since the Schokscha lived in close proximity to the Mokscha for a long time , the Ersja Schokschan groups were strongly influenced by the Mokscha - both linguistically and culturally. However, the influence was not so strong as to lead to the loss of the Erjanian self-identification. If one judges based on the materials of the investigation into the mokscha from 1979, led by NF Mokschin, the chokscha count themselves among the Ersja.

literature

• AW Jakuschkin: Drakinskij dialekt erzja-mordovskogo jazyka. From the series: Očerki mordovskich dialektov, Vol. 1, Saransk, 1961.