Hill Mari language
Hill Mari or Western Mari (Мары йӹлмӹ, Mary jÿlmÿ) is a Uralic language closely related to Northwestern Mari and Meadow Mari, in which Hill Mari forms a Western Mari group with the former. Hill Mari is spoken in the Gornomariysky, Yurinsky and Kilemarsky districts of Mari El, Russia. It is written using the Hill Mari Cyrillic script and is co-official with Russian as well as Meadow Mari in the Mari El Republic.
| Hill Mari | |
|---|---|
| Western Mari | |
| Кырык мары йӹлмӹ, Kyryk mary jÿlmÿ | |
| Native to | Russia |
| Region | Mari El (Gornomariysky, Yurinsky, Kilemarsky districts) |
Native speakers | 30,000 (2012) |
Uralic
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| Official status | |
Official language in | Russia
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | mrj |
| Glottolog | kozy1238 |
| ELP | Western Mari |
Western Mari is classified as Severely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger (2010) | |
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