Alternate Names: Erzia, Mordvin, Mordvin-Erzya
Dialects: None known. Quite different from Moksha ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 36,700 in Russian Federation (2010 census). Population total all countries: 119,330. Ethnic population: 57,000 (2010 census).
Language Use: Many children learn the language but most of them use it only with elderly relatives. Vitality higher in Eastern diaspora areas than in the Republic (Salminen 2007). Quite acculturated to national culture and Russian [rus].
Language Development: NT: 1827–2006.
Writing System: Cyrillic
Nation of Origin: Russian Federation
Other Comments: Christian, traditional religion.