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The Mokshas (also ''Mokshans'', ''Moksha people'', in ) are a Mordvinian ethnic group belonging to the Volgaic branch of the Finnic peoples〔(POPULATION GENETICS OF FINNO-UGRIC-SPEAKING HUMANS IN NORTH EURASIA ) by Department of Forensic Medicine University of Helsinki〕 who live in the Russian Federation, mostly near the Volga and Moksha rivers, a tributary of the Oka River. Their native language is Mokshan, one of the two surviving members of the Mordvinic branch of the Uralic language family. According to the 1994 Russian census, 49% of the autochthonal Finnic population in Mordovia identified themselves as Mokshas, totaling more than 180,000 people.〔Goskomstat (1995): Goskomstat of Russia, 1994 Microcensus of Russia, topical results (8 volumes). Goskomstat, Moscow〕 Most Mokshas belong to the Russian Orthodox Church; other religions practised by Mokshas include Lutheranism〔(Ingermanland Church webpage )〕 and paganism. ==Name== Rubruck, the Franciscan monk who was sent to the Mongols, called them "Moxel". The same term is used in the Persian chronicle of Rashid-al-Din. According to popular tradition the Russians first used the term "Mordva" to refer only to the Erzya people〔Jaimoukha p.12〕 but later used it for both the Erzyas and the Mokshas. The term "Moksha" begins to appear in Russian sources in the 17th century. The Mokshas are known in local languages as: *''Мокшет'' or ''Мокшень ломатть'' ("Moksha people") in Moksha *''Мокшане'' or ''Мордва-Мокша'' in Russian *''Muqşılar'' in Tatar *''Мăкшăсем'' in Chuvash *''Мокшот'' in Erzya 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mokshas」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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