ISO 639-3 mrj | Native speakers 30,000 (2012) Glottolog west2392 | |
Language family UralicMariHill 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(Text) CC BY-SA