Editing Moksha language (section)

== Dialects ==
[[File:Moksha-Erzya-Shoksha dialects in Mordovia map.svg|thumbnail|300px|{{legend|red|Moksha}}]]
The Moksha language is divided into three dialects:
* Central group ('''M-I''')
* Western group ('''M-II''')
* South-Eastern group ('''M-III''')

The dialects may be divided with another principle depending on their vowel system:
* ä-dialect: Proto-Moksha *''ä'' {{IPA|/æ/}} is retained: ''śeĺmä'' {{IPA|/sʲelʲmæ/}} "eye", ''t́äĺmä'' {{IPA|/tʲælʲmæ/}} "broom", ''ĺäj'' {{IPA|/lʲæj/}} "river".
* e-dialect: Proto-Moksha *''ä'' is raised and merged with *''e'': ''śeĺme'' {{IPA|/sʲelʲme/}} "eye", ''t́eĺme'' {{IPA|/tʲelʲme/}} "broom", ''ĺej'' {{IPA|/lʲej/}} "river".
* i-dialect: Proto-Moksha *''ä'' is raised to {{IPA|/e/}}, while Proto-Moksha *''e'' is raised to {{IPA|/i/}} and merged with *''i'': ''śiĺme'' {{IPA|/sʲilʲme/}} "eye", ''t́eĺme'' {{IPA|/tʲelʲme/}} "broom", ''ĺej'' {{IPA|/lʲej/}} "river".

The standard literary Moksha language is based on the central group with ''ä'' (particularly the dialect of [[Krasnoslobodsk, Republic of Mordovia|Krasnoslobodsk]]).