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| Merya | |
|---|---|
| Meryanic Tecua[1] | |
| (unattested) | |
| Native to | Russia |
| Region | Upper Volga |
| Ethnicity | Meryans |
| Extinct | at latest 18th century |
| Revival | 2000s (reconstructed) |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (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] The Meryan language stretched to the western parts of Vologda Oblast and Moscow.[8]
- ^ a b "Merya". MultiTree. 2009-06-22. Archived from the original on July 19, 2012. Retrieved 2012-07-13.
- ^ "Уральские языки". bse.sci-lib.com.
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- ^ Smolitskaya, G.P. (2002). Toponimicheskyi slovar' Tsentral'noy Rossii Топонимический словарь Центральной России (in Russian). pp. 211–2017.
- ^ Pauli, Rahkonen (2013). "Itämerensuomalaisten kielten kaakkoinen kontaktialue nimistöntutkimuksen valossa". Virittäjä (2).
- ^ Tarkiainen, Kari (2010). Ruotsin itämaa. Helsinki: Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland. p. 19. ISBN 978-951-583-212-2.
- ^ Rahkonen, Pauli (2013). The South-Eastern Contact Area of Finnic Languages in the Light of Onomastics (PhD thesis). University of Helsinki. hdl:10138/38908.