Mari, Hill

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Cheremis, Gorno-Mariy, High Mari, Highland Mari, Mari-Hills, Western Mari

Кырык мары йӹлмӹ‎ (Kyryk mary jÿlmÿ), кырык мары‎ (Kyryk mary)

30,000 (2012 T. Salminen).

Mari El republic: Nizhny Novgorod province; south of the Volga.

Language Maps

6b (Threatened).

Kozymodemyan, Yaran. Lexical, phonological, and morphological differences with Meadow Mari [mhr]. A member of macrolanguage Mari [chm].

Some young people, all adults. Only a few child speakers. Also use Meadow Mari [mhr]. Also use Russian [rus].

Grammar. NT: 1827.

Cyrillic script [Cyrl].

Christian, traditional religion.