Talk:Erzya language

message: The list looks doubtful. It says that ь was for loans only, but that's strange because, say, the Nominative Definite flexion is -сь (cf. :myv:Википедиясь).--Imz (talk) 19:38, 19 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  loan-only letters 

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message: The number of Erzya speakers cannot be correct. It is true that the source gives this figure for Erzya speakers, but it gives a much higher number for Mordvin speakers, which naturally includes Erzya.--Berig (talk) 08:50, 5 July 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Hi ! There is indeed an issue with the deflated Moksha and Erzya figures, which we have discussed here. I intended to fix the figures (or at least add a comment in the lede) in both articles for a long time, but somehow forgot about it. –Austronesier (talk) 10:24, 17 October 2019 (UTC)
replies: text:  This beautiful short grammar sketch still mentions the 2:1 ratio ("About two-thirds of the Mordvins speak Erzya and one-third Moksha"). It is not dated, but must be fairly new as it has a 2016 publication in the bibliography. –Austronesier (talk) 19:33, 17 October 2019 (UTC)

text: The table was added in this edit by . Maybe they can help us out with where they got these numbers from. –Austronesier (talk) 08:39, 18 October 2019 (UTC)

text: Clearly, this is the best information we have per now. At least, Rueter also states that the gut feeling of his Mordvin colleagues confirms the old figures. And btw, I have just noticed that the second editor who brought up the issue last year in this discussion is in fact Jack Rueter himself. –Austronesier (talk) 14:36, 21 October 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Number of Erzya speakers 

message: I am confused because in this article, the upper right box tells us that Erzya belongs to the Mordvinic branch of the Uralic languages family, making it seem as if the Mordvinic branch was independent from other Uralic branches; however, in this other article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mordvinic_languages
It is clearly shown that the Mordvinic branch is actually a sub-branch of the Uralic family, belonging to the larger Finno-Ugric branch.
I apologize if I quoted the aforementioned Wikipedia article in a not so proper or adequate format; I am new to the modern Wikipedia editing.
If someone could clarify this issue, it would imho largely contribute to this article's quality.
Thanks. Nacho2048 (talk) 21:56, 17 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Internal classification of the Erzya language within the Uralic family.