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| Mordvinic | |
|---|---|
| Geographic distribution: |
Southwestern and Southeastern Russia |
| Genetic classification: |
Uralic Finno-Ugric Finno-Permic Finno-Volgaic Volga-Finnic Mordvinic |
| Subdivisions: | |
| ISO 639-2: | fiu |
The Mordvinic languages 1 are a subgroup of the Volga-Finnic languages. It comprises the Erzya language and Moksha language. 2
Both Mordvinic languages have their own literary forms. The Erzya literary language was created in 1922 and the Mokshan in 1923. 3
The Mordvinic languages are also referred to as Mordvinian Languages (Russian: Mordivskie yazyki) the official Russian term for the language pair 4. Also as Mordvin languages 5 and in single form Mordvin language. The single form sometimes denotes it as being actually two distinct languages unintelligible to an extent that Russian language is used for the intergroup communications. 6 In other cases the Mordvin language is described as consisting of 2 dialects: Erzya and Moksha that have developed separate literary languages due to differences in phonology, lexicon and grammar. 7
References
- ^ Bright, William (1992). International Encyclopedia of Linguistics. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195051964. http://books.google.com/books?id=oo4YAAAAIAAJ&q=Erza&pgis=1.
- ^ Grenoble, Lenore (2003). Language Policy in the Soviet Union. Springer. p. A80. ISBN 9781402012983. http://books.google.com/books?id=Nn3xDTiL0PQC&pg=PA80&dq=Mordvinic+languages.
- ^ Wixman, Ronald (1984). The Peoples of the USSR. M.E. Sharpe. p. A137. ISBN 9780873325066. http://books.google.com/books?id=WKrN10g4whAC&pg=PA137.
- ^ Dalby, Andrew (1998). Dictionary of Languages. Columbia University Press. http://books.google.com/books?id=yKSeVLghcfQC&pg=PA429&dq=Erza.
- ^ Mordvin languages @ google books
- ^ Minahan, James (2000). "Mordvin+language" One Europe, Many Nations. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. A489. ISBN 9780313309847. http://books.google.com/books?id=NwvoM-ZFoAgC&pg=PA489&dq="Mordvin+language".
- ^ Sinor, Denis (1988). The Uralic languages description. BRILL. p. A96. ISBN 9789004077416. http://books.google.com/books?id=TM2NQ78dP2wC&pg=PA96.
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