Also Known As:
Hill Mari, Cheremis, High Mari, Hill Cheremis, кырык мары, горномарийский язык, vuorimari, Western Cheremis, Tscheremissisch, westliches Mundartgebiet, Bergtscheremissisch, Cheremissian, tchérémisse, marijcy, Gorno-Mariy, marij jylme, marijskij jazyk, gornomarijskij jazyk, Bergčeremissisch, Szeremissi, Cheremiss
Dialects & Varieties
- Yaran
- Kozymodemyan
Europe and North Asia
Salminen, Tapani. 2007. "Europe and North Asia." In Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, edited by C. Moseley. 211-282. London & New York: Routledge.
Vulnerable
20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
<50,000
Native Speakers Worldwide
Speakers
Native or fluent speakers:
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Comments on speakers
Interference from Russian is generally stronger in Western Mari than in Eastern Mari.
Location and Context
Countries
East-central Russia
Location Description
Spoken in westernmost parts of the Republic of Mariy-El and adjacent parts of Kirov (Vyatka) and Nizhniy Novgorod provinces in the Russian Federation.
Government Support
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Institutional Support
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Speakers' Attitude
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Other Languages Used By The Community
Russsian
Number of Other Language Speakers:
None
Domains of Other Languages:
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Writing Systems
Standard orthography:
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Recent Resources
The collection of links containing texts written in Western or Hill Mari.
Hill (Western) Mari New Testament text, up choose Загрузки (the second from right) to get the downlo
Mari