Cheremiss

Examples

• All

• The Cheremiss language is spoken by the Mari people of central Russia.

• Linguists have studied the Cheremiss language for its distinctive features among Finnic tongues.

• The Cheremiss language is rich in history.

• Many Cheremiss speakers live in Russia.

• Linguists have studied the Cheremiss language for its distinctive features among Finnic tongues.

• The Cheremiss language is spoken by the Mari people of central Russia.

• She is fluent in both Russian and Cheremiss.

Synonyms

M

Mari

vsCheremiss

1 9.9

A language the Mari people speak in central Russia

uses the older community label rather than this regional identifier

C

Cheremis

vsCheremiss

• Archaic

9.9

A language of the Mari people spoken in the Volga region of Russia

is the modern preferred name rather than the older traditional label

C

Cheremiss language

vsCheremiss

• Archaic

9.9

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

is the more current common name used instead

C

Cheremis language

vsCheremiss

• Archaic

9.9

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

is the broader term used outside that regional focus

M

Mari language

vsCheremiss

9.9

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

classifies it more narrowly as a Finnic branch of that family

Compounds

C

Cheremiss language

• Archaic

9.9

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

Surface Forms

Etymology