Meadow Mari, also known as Meadow-Eastern Mari or Eastern Mari, is a standardised dialect of the
Mari language
The Mari language (, ; rus, марийский язык, p=mɐˈrʲijskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk), formerly known as the Cheremiss language, spoken by approximately 400,000 people, belongs to the Uralic languages, Uralic language family. It is spoken pr ...
used by about half a million people mostly in
European Russia
European Russia is the western and most populated part of the Russia, Russian Federation. It is geographically situated in Europe, as opposed to the country's sparsely populated and vastly larger eastern part, Siberia, which is situated in Asia ...
. Meadow Mari,
Hill Mari, and Russian are official languages in the republic of
Mari El
Mari El,; ; officially the Mari El Republic, is a republics of Russia, republic of Russia. It is in the European Russia, European region of the country, along the northern bank of the Volga River, and administratively part of the Volga Federal ...
in the
Russian Federation
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.
University of Graz
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Meadow Mari and Eastern Mari are distinct language varieties, which both use the Meadow Mari literary standard.
Alphabet
References
Works cited
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External links
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Meadow & Eastern Mari – Finnish dictionary
(robust finite-state, open-source)
Mari language
Indigenous languages of European Russia
Culture of Mari El
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