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Merya language
Extinct Finno-Ugric language / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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][8] The Meryan language stretched to the western parts of Vologda Oblast and Moscow.[9]
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