Talk:Merya people

what is the population of the merya now ?
id like to know the population of Merya now in year 2010. i know that people that lived along side these people i found a map on wikipedia with merya and this tribe lived in the middle ages. one group was chud and they are now exstinct. another group called Veps also Vepsians the vepsians still have population. has the merya ethnic group died out or is there still members of this tribe? 99.164.123.146 (talk) 14:27, 28 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Added to article: they were assimilated by Slavs thousand years ago.Katafon (talk) 06:13, 29 August 2010 (UTC)