Cheremis

Examples

• All

• The Cheremis language has several distinctive dialects.

• Do you speak Cheremis?

• He conducted fieldwork with speakers of Cheremis in the Volga region.

• The Cheremis language has many dialects.

• He conducted fieldwork with speakers of Cheremis to document their linguistic traditions.

• Many traditional songs are preserved in the Cheremis language, reflecting the culture of the Mari people.

• The Cheremis language is an important part of the heritage of the Mari community.

Synonyms

M

Mari

vsCheremis

1 9.9

A language the Mari people speak in central Russia

is an alternative label rather than the primary contemporary name

C

Cheremiss language

vsCheremis

• Archaic

9.9

A language that the Mari people in Russia speak and now call Mari

is an alternative older name rather than the modern common term

C

Cheremis language

vsCheremis

• Archaic

9.9

A language spoken by the Mari people in the Mari El region of Russia

is a general alternative name not limited to one region

C

Cheremiss

vsCheremis

• Archaic

9.9

A language like Finnish that the Mari people speak in central Russia

is the historical alternative name rather than the current usage

M

Mari language

vsCheremis

9.9

A language spoken by the Mari people in the Mari El region of Russia

is an alternative name that specifies a narrower family label in the description

Compounds

C

Cheremis language

• Archaic

9.9

A language spoken by the Mari people in the Mari El region of Russia

Surface Forms

Etymology