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Hill Mari language

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Native to
  
Russia

ISO 639-3
  
mrj

Native speakers
  
30,000 (2012)

Glottolog
  
west2392

Region
  
Mari El (Gornomariysky, Yurinsky, Kilemarsky districts)

Language family
  
Uralic Mari Hill Mari

Hill Mari or Western Mari (Мары йӹлмӹ) is a Uralic language closely related to Meadow Mari. Hill Mari is spoken in the Gornomariysky, Yurinsky and Kilemarsky districts of Mari El, Russia. It is written using the Hill Mari Cyrillic script and is co-official with Russian and Meadow Mari in the Mari El Republic.

References

Hill Mari language Wikipedia