Shoksha

For other uses, see Shoksha (disambiguation).

Shoksha (Erzya : шокшот, romanized: šokšot, Russian : шокша, romanized: shoksha) is an ethnographic group of Erzya people. It is named after the village of Shoksha  [ ru ] in Tengushevsky District, Mordovia. ^{[1] [2]} They live mostly in Mordovia, Tengushevsky District and Torbeyevsky District. The ethnonym is relatively recent. ^[3]

Shoksha live (or lived) in following settlements:

• Tengushevsky District: Баево, Березняк, Вяжга, Дудниково, Коляево, Кураево, Малая Шокша, Мельсетьево, Мокшанка, Нароватово, Сакаево, Стандрово, Шелубей, Широмасово, Shoksha ^[3]
• Torbeyevsky District: Drakino, Кажлодка, Майский, Фёдоровка (depopulated), Якстере Теште (depopulated) ^[3]

Language

Shoksha
Shokshsky, Shoksha-Mordovian
шокшскень кяль
Native to	Russia
Region	Tengushevsky District
Ethnicity	Shoksha
Native speakers	1,669
Language family	Uralic Mordvinic Erzya Shoksha
Writing system	unwritten
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	None
Dialect map of Moksha-Erzya-Shoksha; "E-V" is for Shoksha

The Shoksha speak the Shoksha dialect  [ de; ru ], a dialect of the Erzya language formed under the influence of the Moksha language, as for a long time Shokshas have been living with and surrounded by Mokshas. The language is unwritten and has a status of critically endangered.

References

1. Mordva
2. Шаронов С. М., Шокша: Историко-этногрофический очерк, Saransk, 2004, ISBN   5-7493-0693-3
3. МОРДВА, ЭРЗЯ, МОКША — ИСТОРИЯ ЭТНОСА И ЭТНОНИМА