Editing Moksha language (section)

=== Official status ===
[[File:Trilingual street sign in Saransk.jpg|thumb|A trilingual street sign in [[Saransk]], Russia showing a street name in [[Russian language|Russian]], Moksha and [[Erzya language|Erzya]]]]
Moksha is one of the three official languages in [[Mordovia]] (the others being Erzya and Russian). The right to one's own language is guaranteed by the Constitution of the Mordovia Republic.<ref>{{in lang|ru}} [http://constitution.garant.ru/region/cons_mordov/chapter/1/#block_1300 Статья 12. Конституция Республики Мордовия] = Article 12. Constitution of the Republic of Mordovia</ref> The republican law of Mordovia N&nbsp;19-3 issued in 1998<ref>{{in lang|ru}} [http://rus-gos.spbu.ru/public/files/bills/12_5391ba1e366c0.pdf Закон «О государственных языках Республики Мордовия»]</ref> declares Moksha one of its state languages and regulates its usage in various spheres: in state bodies such as Mordovian Parliament, official documents and seals, education, mass-media, information about goods, geographical names, road signs. However, the actual usage of Moksha and Erzya is rather limited.