ISO 639-3 · chmchm
Uralic family · macrolanguage
Mari
Mari is a macrolanguage of the Finno-Volgaic branch (Uralic), spoken in Russia. Wikidata counts 470,000 first-language speakers (2012). Wikidata describes it as “Uralic language”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
chm- Glottocode
mari1278- Family
- Uralic
- UNESCO
- Definitely endangered
- Wikipedia
- 83 language editions
470,000first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
2scripts
4levels in the tree
Definitely endangeredUNESCO level
Facts
| Name | Mari |
|---|---|
| Also called | Mari language, Cheremis language, Cheremis |
| L1 speakers | 470,000 (2012) |
| Written in | Mari alphabet, Cyrillic |
| Grammatical cases | 9 listed in Wikidata |
| Kind | macrolanguage |
Vitality
UNESCO: Definitely endangered
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Uralic to Mari
The branches above Mari, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in Russia
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