Mari, Hill
A language of Russian Federation (Europe)
| Population | 30,000 (2007). |
| Region | Mari El Republic, south of the Volga, Gorno-Mariy; Bashkortostan. |
| Language map |
European Russia |
| Alternate names | Western Mari, Cheremis, Gorno-Mariy, High Mari, Mari-Hills |
| Dialects | Kozymodemyan, Yaran. Lexical, phonological, and morphological differences with Meadow Mari [mhr]. |
| Classification | Uralic, Mari A member of macrolanguage Mari (Russia) [chm] (Russian Federation (Europe)). |
| Language use | Also use Russian or Meadow Mari. |
| Language development | NT: 1827. |
| Writing system | Cyrillic script. |
| Comments | Agriculturalists; lumbermen. Christian, traditional religion. |

