VolgaFinnic
Volga Finnic, or Volgo-Finnic, is a branch of the Finnic subgroup within the Uralic language family. It comprises the Mordvinic languages (Erzya and Moksha) and the Mari languages (Hill Mari and Meadow Mari). The branch is named for the Volga River region where these languages have traditionally been spoken.
Geographically, Volga Finnic languages are spoken mainly in the Volga basin and adjacent areas of Russia, including
Linguistically, Volga Finnic languages share core Finno-Ugric features, including agglutinative morphology and a system of cases.
History and orthography have been shaped by contact with Turkic and Slavic languages. In written form, Volga