Hill Mari language explained

Hill Mari
Also Known As:Western Mari
Nativename:Кырык мары
States:Russia
Region:Mari El (Gornomariysky, Yurinsky, Kilemarsky districts)
Speakers:30,000
Date:2012
Ref:e18
Familycolor:Uralic
Fam2:Mari
Fam3:Western Mari
Nation:
Iso3:mrj
Glotto:kozy1238
Glottorefname:Kozymodemyan
Map:Lang Status 60-DE.svg

Hill Mari or Western Mari (Кырык мары, kyryk mary) is a Uralic language closely related to Northwestern Mari and Meadow Mari, in which Hill Mari forms a Western Mari group with the former.[1] 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.

Alphabet

А аӒ ӓБ бВ вГ гД дЕ еЁ ё
Ж жЗ зИ иЙ йК кЛ лМ мН н
О оӦ ӧП пР рС сТ тУ уӰ ӱ
Ф фХ хЦ цЧ чШ шЩ щЪ ъЫ ы
Ӹ ӹЬ ьЭ эЮ юЯ я    

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Notes and References

  1. https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/west2392 Glottolog 4.1 — Western Mari