Shoksha (Erzya: шокшот, romanized: šokšot, Russian: шокша, romanized: shoksha) is an ethnographic groupofErzya people. It is named after the village of Shoksha [ru]inTengushevsky District, Mordovia.[1][2] They live mostly in Mordovia, Tengushevsky District and Torbeyevsky District. They speak the Shoksha dialect [de; ru], a dialect of Erzya language formed under the influence of Moksha language because for a long time Shokshas have been living surrounded by Mokshas. The ethnonym is relatively recent.[3]
Shoksha live (or lived) in following settlements: