Uralic family

Erzya

c. 1000 CE – today Living

Erzya (c. 1000 CE – today) is a living Uralic language. Lineage: Proto-Uralic → Proto-Mordvinic → Erzya.

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Speakers
300K (300,000)
ISO 639-3
myv
Glottocode
erzy1239

Mordvinic language of Mordovia, Russia; a co-official language there with Moksha and Russian.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Uralicc. 4,000 BCE – 2,500 BCE
  2. Proto-Mordvinicc. 200 BCE – 800 CE
  3. Erzyac. 1000 CE – today

Sister languages 1

Also descended from Proto-Mordvinic.

Sources