Shoksha
Shoksha (Erzya: шокшот, romanized: šokšot, Russian: шокша, romanized: shoksha) is an ethnographic group of Erzya people. It is named after the village of Shoksha 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 |
| 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, 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.