Moksha

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Moksha are a Finno-Ugric ethnic group native to the Volga region of Russia, known for their distinct Moksha language and cultural traditions.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Moksha canonical 9

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Finno-Ugric people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
bilingualIn Russian language ⓘ
country Russian Federation ⓘ
linked to: Russia
culturalRegion Nizhny Novgorod Oblast ⓘ
Penza Oblast ⓘ
Republic of Mordovia ⓘ
Ryazan Oblast ⓘ
demographicTrend language shift toward Russian ⓘ
educationLanguage Moksha language (in some regional schools) ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Russia ⓘ
ethnolinguisticGroup Mordvinic peoples ⓘ
linked to: Mordva
folkloreLanguage Moksha language ⓘ
hasAutonym мокшет (mokšet) ⓘ
hasCulturalRevival post-Soviet period ⓘ
hasEthnonym Moksha Mordvins ⓘ
hasHoliday Moksha folk festivals ⓘ
hasLiterature Moksha-language literature ⓘ
historicalRegion Volga-Oka interfluve ⓘ
language Moksha language ⓘ
languageBranch Finno-Ugric languages ⓘ
languageFamily Uralic languages ⓘ
languageSubgroup Mordvinic languages ⓘ
minorityStatus national minority in Russia ⓘ
nativeTo Middle Volga ⓘ
linked to: middle Volga

Mordovia ⓘ
Volga region ⓘ
partOf Mordvin peoples ⓘ
linked to: Erzya people
recognizedAs indigenous people of Russia ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Erzya ⓘ
religiousDiversity Orthodox Christianity and traditional beliefs ⓘ
traditionalBeliefElement ancestor worship ⓘ
nature spirits ⓘ
traditionalCraft embroidery ⓘ
weaving ⓘ
woodcarving ⓘ
traditionalCulture distinct folk music ⓘ
epic oral poetry ⓘ
ornamented folk costumes ⓘ
traditional dances ⓘ
traditionalEconomy agriculture ⓘ
animal husbandry ⓘ
forestry ⓘ
traditionalHousing wooden rural houses ⓘ
traditionalReligion Russian Orthodoxy ⓘ
indigenous pagan beliefs ⓘ
usesScript Cyrillic script ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mordvins → subgroup → Moksha ⓘ
Mordovia → officialLanguage → Moksha ⓘ
Saransk → officialLanguage → Moksha ⓘ
Moksha people → ethnonym → Moksha ⓘ
Ruzaevka → hasLanguage → Moksha ⓘ
Kovylkino → languageUsed → Moksha ⓘ
Mordva → hasSubgroup → Moksha ⓘ