Merya language

Meryan
Meryanic
Tecua[1]
(unattested)
Native toRussia
RegionUpper Volga
EthnicityMeryans
Extinctat latest 18th century
Revival2000s (reconstructed)
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
0tw
  Merya

Merya or Meryanic (also Tecua[1]) (Old East Slavic: мєр(ь)скъıї) is an extinct Finno-Ugric language, which was spoken by the Meryans.[2][3] Merya began to be assimilated by East Slavs when their territory became incorporated into Kievan Rus' in the 10th century.[4][5] However some Merya speakers might have even lived in the 18th century.[6] There is also a theory that the word for "Moscow" originates from the Merya language.[7][8] The Meryan language stretched to the western parts of Vologda Oblast and Moscow.[9]

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  2. ^ "Уральские языки". bse.sci-lib.com.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Helimski was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Janse, Mark; Sijmen Tol; Vincent Hendriks (2000). Language Death and Language Maintenance. John Benjaminsf Publishing Company. p. A108. ISBN 978-90-272-4752-0.
  5. ^ Smolitskaya, G.P. (2002). Toponimicheskyi slovar' Tsentral'noy Rossii Топонимический словарь Центральной России (in Russian). pp. 211–2017.
  6. ^ Pauli, Rahkonen (2013). "Itämerensuomalaisten kielten kaakkoinen kontaktialue nimistöntutkimuksen valossa". Virittäjä (2).
  7. ^ Tarkiainen, Kari (2010). Ruotsin itämaa. Helsinki: Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland. p. 19. ISBN 978-951-583-212-2.
  8. ^ "Early East Slavic Tribes in Russia". Study.com. Retrieved 2018-12-10.
  9. ^ Rahkonen, Pauli (2013). The South-Eastern Contact Area of Finnic Languages in the Light of Onomastics (PhD thesis). University of Helsinki. hdl:10138/38908.