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Hill Mari | |
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Western Mari | |
Кырык мары йӹлмӹ, Kyryk mary jÿlmÿ | |
Native to | Russia |
Region | Mari El ( Gornomariysky, Yurinsky, Kilemarsky districts) |
Native speakers | 30,000 (2012) [1] |
Official status | |
Official language in | Russia |
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) |
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. [2] 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.
А а | Ӓ ӓ | 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 |
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 |
Ӹ ӹ | Ь ь | Э э | Ю ю | Я я |