Erzya people

E649913
Finno-Ugric people Uralic people ethnic group

The Erzya people are a Finno-Ugric ethnic group native to the Volga region of Russia, known for their distinct culture, traditions, and Uralic language.

Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Erzya Mordvin people 1
Erzya Mordvins 1
Mordvin peoples 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Finno-Ugric people ⓘ
Uralic people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
country Russia ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnologueCode myv ⓘ
hasAutonym эрзяне NERFINISHED ⓘ
эрзят NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCoatOfArms coat of arms of Erzya people ⓘ
hasFlag flag of Erzya people ⓘ
hasLiteraryFigure Aleksandr Sharonov NERFINISHED ⓘ
Makar Evsevyev NERFINISHED ⓘ
Stepan Erzia NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasOrganization Erzya Union NERFINISHED ⓘ
ISO639Language myv ⓘ
language Erzya language NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageBranch Mordvinic languages ⓘ
languageFamily Uralic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageSubfamily Finno-Ugric languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
nativeTo Mordovia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nizhny Novgorod Oblast NERFINISHED ⓘ
Penza Oblast NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ryazan Oblast NERFINISHED ⓘ
Samara Oblast NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ulyanovsk Oblast NERFINISHED ⓘ
Volga region NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Mordvin peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ
recognizedAs indigenous people of Russia ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Moksha people NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Baptist Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ
Erzya traditional religion ⓘ
Lutheranism ⓘ
Russian Orthodoxy NERFINISHED ⓘ
paganism ⓘ
traditionalClothingFeature beaded ornaments ⓘ
rich embroidery ⓘ
traditionalDance Erzya folk dances ⓘ
traditionalMusic folk songs ⓘ
traditionalMusicInstrument balalaika NERFINISHED ⓘ
garmon NERFINISHED ⓘ
traditionalOccupation agriculture ⓘ
animal husbandry ⓘ
beekeeping ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
traditionalReligionDeity Ineshkipaz NERFINISHED ⓘ
traditionalReligionPlace sacred groves ⓘ
usesLanguageCode myv ⓘ
writingSystem Cyrillic script ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Mordvinic languages → associatedPeople → Erzya people ⓘ
Erzya language → ethnicGroup → Erzya people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Erzya Mordvin people
Mordovia → hasEthnolinguisticGroup → Erzya people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Erzya Mordvins
Elementa grammatices Tscheremissae → namedAfter → Erzya people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tscheremissae (Cheremis, Mari people)
Erzya language → spokenBy → Erzya people ⓘ
Mordvinic languages → spokenBy → Erzya people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mordvin peoples