Hill Mari language
Encyclopedia
Hill Mari or Western Mari is a language spoken in the Gornomariysky
, Yurinsky
and Kilemarsky
districts of Mari El
, Russia
. It is a Uralic
language related to Meadow Mari. It is written using the Hill Mari Cyrillic alphabet
and is co-official with Russian
and Meadow Mari in the Mari El Republic.
Gornomariysky District
Gornomariysky District is an administrative and municipal district , one of the fourteen in the Mari El Republic, Russia. It is located in the western portion of the republic and is the only district on the right bank of the Volga. It borders with Yurinsky District in the north, Kilemarsky...
, Yurinsky
Yurinsky District
Yurinsky District is an administrative and municipal district , one of the fourteen in the Mari El Republic, Russia. Its administrative center is the urban locality of Yurino. District's population: 11,487 ; Population of Yurino accounts for 39.5% of the district's population....
and Kilemarsky
Kilemarsky District
Kilemarsky District is an administrative and municipal district , one of the fourteen in the Mari El Republic, Russia. Its administrative center is the urban locality of Kilemary. District's population: 14,130 ; Population of Kilemary accounts for 29.9% of the district's population....
districts of Mari El
Mari El
The Mari El Republic is a federal subject of Russia . Its capital is the city of Yoshkar-Ola. Population: -Geography:The republic is located in the eastern part of the East European Plain of Russia, along the Volga River. The swampy Mari Depression is located in the west of the republic...
, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
. It is a Uralic
Uralic languages
The Uralic languages constitute a language family of some three dozen languages spoken by approximately 25 million people. The healthiest Uralic languages in terms of the number of native speakers are Hungarian, Finnish, Estonian, Mari and Udmurt...
language related to Meadow Mari. It is written using the Hill Mari Cyrillic alphabet
Cyrillic alphabet
The Cyrillic script or azbuka is an alphabetic writing system developed in the First Bulgarian Empire during the 10th century AD at the Preslav Literary School...
and is co-official with Russian
Russian language
Russian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics...
and Meadow Mari in the Mari El Republic.
Alphabet
| А а | Б б | В в | Г г | Д д | Е е | Ё ё | |
| Ж ж | З з | И и | Й й | К к | Л л | М м | Н н |
| О о | П п | Р р | С с | Т т | У у | ||
| Ф ф | Х х | Ц ц | Ч ч | Ш ш | Щ щ | Ъ ъ | Ы ы |
| Ь ь | Э э | Ю ю | Я я |