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| Meadow–Eastern Mari | |
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| олык марий, olyk marij | |
| Native to | Russia |
| Region | Mari El Republic |
| Ethnicity | Meadow Mari, Eastern Mari |
Native speakers | 470,000 (2012) [1] |
| Cyrillic | |
| Official status | |
Official language in | Russia |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | mhr |
| Glottolog | east2328 |
| ELP | Eastern Mari |
 Meadow Mari | |
 Eastern Mari is classified as Definitely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger [2] | |
Meadow Mari, also known as Meadow-Eastern Mari, or Eastern Mari, is a standardised dialect of the Mari language used by about half a million people mostly in European Russia. Meadow Mari, Hill Mari, and Russian are official languages in the republic of Mari El in the Russian Federation. [3]
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Meadow Mari and Eastern Mari are distinct language varieties, which both use the Meadow Mari literary standard. [4] The main differences between Meadow Mari and Hill Mari are phonological, and to a lesser extent, morphological. [5]
