Mordva yog ib tug neeg hais lus ntawm Finno-Ugric dialects. Nws nyob hauv lub bass ntawm ob tug dej, Moksha thiab Sura, thiab nyob rau hauv lub interfluve ntawm lub Belaya thiab Volga. Qhov no yog ib qho ntawm cov neeg hauv paus txawm ntawm Russia. Nyob rau hauv ciam teb ntawm lub koom pheej ntawm Mordovia nws tus kheej, ib feem peb ntawm cov neeg no nyob, thiab lawv feem ntau yog nyob rau hauv cov cheeb tsam nyob sib ze ntawm Lavxias teb sab Federation. Los ntawm txoj kev, cov neeg sawv cev ntawm cov neeg no lawv tus kheej tsis hu lawv tus kheej li ntawd. Qhov no ethnonym originated los ntawm ib lo lus uas txhais ua "txiv neej, neeg." Mordvins tau muab faib ua ob pawg tseem ceeb - Erzya (Erzyat) thiab Moksha (Mokshet).
Ntau tus neeg keeb kwm xav paub txog keeb kwm ntawm cov neeg Mordvin. Lawv qhov tsos nyob rau hauv feem ntau tsis txawv ntawm cov tsos ntawm lawv cov neeg nyob ze Slavic hais lus, tab sis lawv hais lus ntawm ib pab pawg neeg sib txawv kiag li. Lawv kab lis kev cai txawv ntawm Lavxias teb sab, tab sis tsis radically. Ntau tus neeg keeb kwm pom lub hauv paus chiv keeb ntawm Mordovians nyob rau hauv cov neeg thaum ub ntawm lub npe hu ua "Gorodets kab lis kev cai". Nyob rau hauv ancient Russia, cov neeg no tau hais los ntawm lub xyoo pua kaum ib. Thaum kawg ntawm lub xyoo pua kaum ob, cov txheej txheem pib ploj mus ntawm Mordovians. Nyob rau hauv nws cov av, lub hwj chim yog tsim, paub rau cov Slavs li "Purgas volost". Tom qab ntawd cov cheeb tsam no tau los ua ib feem ntawm Russia. Feem ntau los ntawm kev ntseegyog Orthodox, txawm li cas los xij, nyob rau xyoo tsis ntev los no, lawv tau qhia kev txaus siab rau kev ntseeg thaum ub ntawm lawv cov poj koob yawm txwv.
Ancient kab lig kev cai tau khaws cia rau niaj hnub no los ntawm Mordva. Kev tshwm sim ntawm ib tug neeg los ntawm qhov no
cov neeg hnav tsoos tsho zoo li txawv thiab muaj yeeb yuj. Cov style ntawm poj niam thiab txiv neej suits txawv heev. Cov tsoos cuisine yog reminiscent ntawm Lavxias teb sab: cereals, sauerkraut, qaub qhob cij, boiled nqaij. Kvass yog nyiam haus dej.
Cov Mordovians yog cov neeg sib txawv, binary neeg. Lawv qhov tsos muaj qhov seem ntawm Mongoloid, thiab qee zaum - nws cov cim qhia meej. Qhov no yog vim qhov tseeb tias ntau txhiab xyoo dhau los cov pej xeem ntawm Urals tau tsiv mus rau sab hnub poob, sib xyaw nrog cov neeg European. Qhov no kuj yog vim li cas rau kev hloov cov lus ntawm cov neeg ntawm ancient Gorodets kab lis kev cai nrog cov lus ntawm pab pawg Finno-Ugric. Cov invaders, uas koom nrog cov haiv neeg Ural, assimilated cov pej xeem hauv zos, mus rau qhov loj sib xyaw nrog nws. Qhov no yog li cas cov neeg ntawm Mordovians tau tsim. Cov tsos ntawm nws cov neeg sawv cev tag nrho yog ib qho kev sib xyaw ntawm Caucasoid thiab Mongoloid nta nrog lub predominance ntawm qub.
Npauj npaim lub teb chaws no poob qis rau peb lub sijhawm. Rau qhov loj, qhov no yog vim cov txheej txheem ntawm assimilation. Ib feem tseem ceeb ntawm lub teb chaws no siv Lavxias teb sab ua lus ntawm kev sib txuas lus txhua hnub. Assimilation pib rov qab nyob rau hauv lub hnub ntawm feudal fragmentation ntawm Russia. Txij thaum ntawd los, tus nqi ntawm assimilation ntawm Mordovians tau nce tsis tu ncua. Ib txhia ntawm nws cov ethnographic pawg tau ntev lawm Russified thiab yaj mus rau hauvpawg neeg Russians.
Tsis muaj ib hom lus ntawm Mordovians - muaj cov lus Erzya thiab Moksha. Lawv txawv me ntsis, thiab muaj ntau qhov sib txawv ntawm lawv tshaj qhov sib txawv. Thaum lawv tsuas yog dialects ntawm ib hom lus hais los ntawm Mordovians. Nws keeb kwm yog Finno-Ugric, nrog qee qhov qiv nyiaj los ntawm cov lus ntawm cov neeg nyob sib ze, tshwj xeeb, los ntawm Tatar thiab Lavxias.
