The following is the entry for this language as it appeared in the 14th edition (2000).
It was superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005). See also the corresponding entry in the current edition of Ethnologue.
SIL code: MYV
ISO 639-2: fiu
| Population | 440,000 in Russia. Population total all countries 500,000 (1994 Tapani Salminen). |
| Region | Northern Mordvin ASSR. They are spread out, but there are compact groups of speakers. Also spoken in Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan. |
| Alternate names | MORDVIN-ERZYA, MORDVIN, ERZIA |
| Classification | Uralic, Finno-Ugric, Finno-Permic, Finno-Cheremisic, Finno-Mordvinic, Mordvinic. |
| Comments | Quite different from Moksha. Speakers are quite acculturated to national culture and the Russian language. Christian: Russian Orthodox, traditional religion. NT 1824. |
