Also Known As:
Meadow Mari, Cheremis, Grassland Mari, олык марий, niittymari, itämari, лугово-восточный марийский, черемисский язык, Cheremiss, Low Mari, Eastern Cheremis, Tscheremissisch, Cheremissian, Tchérémisse, Marijcy, Mari-Woods, Low Mari, Lugovo Mari, Čeremissisch, Marij Jylme, Marijskij Jazyk
Dialects & Varieties
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
60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
500,000
Native Speakers Worldwide
Transmission
Transmission 1
Most adults in the community, and some children, are speakers.
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Speakers
Native or fluent speakers:
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Semi-speakers or rememberers
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Children:
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Young adults
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Older adults
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Elders
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Ethnic or community population
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Year information was gathered
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Location and Context
Countries
Russia
Location Description
Spoken mainly in central and eastern parts of the
Republic of Mariy-El and parts of Bashkortostan, Tatarstan, the Udmurt Republic,
and Yekaterinburg, Perm’ and Orenburg 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
Russian
Number of Other Language Speakers:
None
Domains of Other Languages:
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Writing Systems
Standard orthography:
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Writing system:
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Recent Resources
Meadow Mari New Testament text, up choose Загрузки (the second from right) to get the download page.
The collection of links containing texts written in Eastern and Meadow Mari.
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