Mari, Meadow
A language of Russian Federation (Europe)
| Population | 451,000 in Russian Federation (2002 census). Population total all countries: 460,090. Ethnic population: 604,298. |
| Region | Mari El Republic, east of the Volga, Bashkir, Tatar; Udmurt Republic, Perm, Sverov, Kirov oblasts. Also in Kazakhstan. |
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| Alternate names | Mari, Eastern Mari, Cheremis, Low Mari, Mari-Woods, Lugovo Mari |
| Dialects | Grassland Mari (Meadow Mari, Sernur-Morkin, Yoshkar-Olin, Volga). |
| Classification | Uralic, Mari A member of macrolanguage Mari (Russia) [chm] (Russian Federation (Europe)). |
| Language use | Also use Russian. |
| Language development | Taught in primary schools. Newspapers. Radio programs. NT: 1986–2007. |
| Writing system | Cyrillic script. Latin script. |
| Comments | Christian, traditional religion. |
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