Shokshas
Shoksha (Erzya: shokshot, romanized: soksot, Russian: shoksha, romanized: shoksha) is an ethnographic group of Erzya people. It is named after the village of Shoksha [ru] 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: Baevo, Berezniak, Viazhga, Dudnikovo, Koliaevo, Kuraevo, Malaia Shoksha, Mel'set'evo, Mokshanka, Narovatovo, Sakaevo, Standrovo, Shelubei, Shiromasovo, Shoksha[3]
- Torbeyevsky District: Drakino, Kazhlodka, Maiskii, Fiodorovka (depopulated), Iakstere Teshte (depopulated)[3]
Language
[edit]| Shoksha | |
|---|---|
| Shokshsky, Shoksha-Mordovian | |
| shokshsken' kial' | |
| 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 [de; ru], 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.
Genetics
[edit]Based on 65 samples from Tengushevsky, 44.6 percent of Shoksha men have the haplogroup R1a (mostly R1a-CTS1211), and 43.1 percent carry the halpogroup N1c. Some other haplogroups are found with lower frequencies.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Mordva
- ^ Sharonov S. M., Shoksha: Istoriko-etnogroficheskii ocherk, Saransk, 2004, ISBN 5-7493-0693-3
- ^ a b c MORDVA, ERZIa, MOKShA -- ISTORIIa ETNOSA I ETNONIMA
- ^ Ponomarev, GYu; Shlykov, Ag; Gorin, Io; Voronina, Mm; Potanina, AYu; Petrov, Va; Koshel, Sm; Adamov, Ds; Balanovska, Ev (2025-12-01). "Genetic portraits of volga-Oka region in the context of the Central Russia's gene pool (Y-SNP polymorphism)". Bulletin of Russian State Medical University (6). doi:10.24075/brsmu.2025.062. ISSN 2500-1094.
