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The Erzya language is a Uralic language belonging to the Finno-Volgaic subgroup of the Finno-Ugric languages. It is closely related to the Moksha language, and in the past, these two were considered dialects of the so-called 'Mordvin language'.

In the 2021 Russian census, around 40,000 people identified Erzya as their native language, with the majority living in the Republic of Mordovia. Erzya is one of the official languages of the Republic of Mordovia, alongside Russian and Moksha. While the official Erzya alphabet is identical to the Russian alphabet, scientific literature often uses various Latin-based systems to represent the language.

Like all other Uralic languages, Erzya is an agglutinative language which expresses grammatical relations by means of suffixes.

Paročisë sovado!

Ërźań keleś te suomiń-ugrań keltneń suomiń-ravoń taradonteń sovića uraloń keľ. Son malaviks mokšoń kelenteń; ikele sïnst kavonest loviź vëjsëń isťa lämdeź „mordvań keleń“ kortavksoks.

2021 ijeń vëse Rasejeń lovnomasonť malav 40 ťožat lomanť teškstïź ërźań kelenť ëś keleks, sïndest lamotne Mordovija Respublikań ërićat. Ërźań keleś ašti respublikanť pŕavtkuroń keleks, ruzoń dï mokšoń keltneń marto. Pravań koŕas këmekstaź śormadoma kojeś a javovi ruzoń ëjstë, tekeń škasto naukań literaturaso säjedstë putoviť tävs lija, latinëń teškstnëń langs näžedeź sistemat.

Koda vëse lija uraloń keltnejak, ërźań keleś agľunativeń, ëli gramatikań śulmavkstnë topavtoviť sufikstnëń vëlde.