Muromian language

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Muromian
Muromanian
Native toRussia
RegionMurom region
EthnicityMuromians
Extinct10th century
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
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An approximate map of the non-Varangian cultures in European Russia, in the 9th century. The Muromian area is shown in bright green.

Muromian is an extinct Uralic[1] language formerly spoken by the Muromian tribe, in what is today the Murom region in Russia.[2] They are mentioned by Jordanes as Mordens and in the Primary Chronicle. Very little is known about the language, but it was probably either closely related to the Mordvinic languages,[3] or a language closely related to Meryan.[4] Muromian probably became extinct in the Middle Ages around the 10th century,[3][5] as the Muromians were assimilated by the Slavs.[6] The Muromian language[7] is unattested, but is assumed to have been Uralic, and has frequently been placed in the Volga-Finnic category.[8][9][10]

Toponymy

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A. K. Matveyev identified the toponymic area upon Lower Oka and Lower Klyazma, which corresponds with Muroma. According to the toponymy, the Muroma language was close to the Merya language.[11] A few words have been reconstructed in the Muroma language, based on toponyms, such as: *juga 'river', *vi̮ksa ‘river connecting two bodies of water', and *voht(V) ‘neck of land between two bodies of water’.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Wieczynski, Joseph (1976). The Modern Encyclopedia of Russian and Soviet History. Academic International Press. ISBN 9780875690643.
  2. ^ Taagepera, Rein (1999). The Finno-Ugric Republics and the Russian State. Routledge. p. 51. ISBN 9780415919777.
  3. ^ a b Janse, Mark; Tol, Sijmen; Hendriks, Vincent (2000). Language Death and Language Maintenance. John Benjamins Publishing Company. p. A108. ISBN 9789027247520.
  4. ^ a b Pauli Rahkonen. South-Eastern contact area of Finnic languages in the light of onomastics: dissertation, Faculty of Arts, University of Helsinki. 2018
  5. ^ Blokland, Rogier (2003). The Endangered Uralic Languages. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company. p. 108. ISBN 9027247528.
  6. ^ Uibopuu, Valev; Lagman, Herbert (1988). Finnougrierna och deras språk (in Swedish). Studentlitteratur. ISBN 9789144254111.
  7. ^ "Muromanian". MultiTree. 2009-06-22. Archived from the original on July 12, 2012. Retrieved 2012-07-13.
  8. ^ Janse, Mark; Sijmen Tol; Vincent Hendriks (2000). Language Death and Language Maintenance. John Benjamins Publishing Company. p. A108. ISBN 978-90-272-4752-0.
  9. ^ Wieczynski, Joseph (1976). The Modern Encyclopedia of Russian and Soviet History. Academic International Press. ISBN 978-0-87569-064-3.
  10. ^ Taagepera, Rein (1999). The Finno-Ugric Republics and the Russian State. Routledge. p. 51. ISBN 978-0-415-91977-7.
  11. ^ Матвеев А. К. Мерянская проблема и лингвистическое картографирование // Вопросы языкознания. 2001. № 5.


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