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🧑‍🌾 A Russian ethnic group 🗣️ A Finnic language
Mari

Mari

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A language the Mari people speak in central Russia
  • noun
: idioma mari
  • Linguists have studied the Mari language for its unique grammatical features.

Examples

  • He is fluent in Mari as well as Russian and Tatar.

  • The Mari alphabet is based on the Cyrillic script.

  • The Mari language has unique grammatical structures.

  • Do you speak Mari?

  • He is fluent in Mari, which is spoken by the Mari people in central Russia.

  • Linguists have studied the Mari language to understand its unique grammatical features.

  • The Mari alphabet uses the Cyrillic script, similar to Russian.

Synonyms

Cheremis
vsMari
  • Archaic
9.9

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

is the currently preferred modern name for that Finnic language
Cheremis language
vsMari
  • Archaic
9.9

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

is the standard modern name for this language across that region
Cheremiss language
vsMari
  • Archaic
9.9

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

is the name now more commonly used instead of the older term
Cheremiss
vsMari
  • Archaic
9.9

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

is the contemporary label replacing that historical usage
Mari language
vsMari
9.9

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

is more specific, placing the language in the Finnic subgroup

Compounds

Mari language
9.9

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

Surface Forms

Mari singular
Maris plural

Etymology

Mari also names the language the Mari people speak; it comes from the people's own name, so the language is simply called 'Mari'. It is in the same family as Finnish and Estonian, which is why some words and grammar feel alike.