Meadow Mari language

Meadow Mari
олык марий, olyk marij
Native toRussia
RegionMari El Republic
Native speakers
470,000 (2012)[1]
Uralic
Cyrillic
Official status
Official language in
Russia
Language codes
ISO 639-3mhr
Glottologeast2328
ELPEastern Mari
  Meadow Mari
Eastern Mari is classified as Definitely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger[2]

Meadow Mari or Meadow-Eastern Mari or Eastern Mari is a standardised dialect of the Mari language used by about half a million people mostly in the European part of the Russian Federation. Meadow Mari, Hill Mari, and Russian are official languages in the Mari El Republic of the Russian Federation.[3]

Alphabet

А а Б б В в Г г Д д Е е Ё ё Ж ж
З з И и Й й К к Л л М м Н н Ҥ ҥ
О о Ӧ ӧ П п Р р С с Т т У у Ӱ ӱ
Ф ф Х х Ц ц Ч ч Ш ш Щ щ Ъ ъ Ы ы
Ь ь Э э Ю ю Я я        

References

  1. ^ Meadow Mari at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ "Western Mari in Russian Federation". UNESCO WAL. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
  3. ^ University of Graz