Mari
олык марий
Mari is a Uralic language spoken in Russia and Kazakhstan, by about 482 thousand people. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Meadow Mari (олык марий, olyk marij), 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.
Meadow Mari and Eastern Mari are distinct language varieties, which both use the Meadow Mari literary standard. The main differences between Meadow Mari and Hill Mari are phonological, and to a lesser extent, morphological.
From Wikipedia · Meadow Mari language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Mari
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| mother | ава | ava |
| father | ача | ača |
| man | марий | marij |
| woman | вате | vate |
| name | лӱм | lüm |
| eye | шинча | šinča |
| ear | пылыш | pylyš |
| tooth | пӱй | püj |
| tongue | йылме | jylme |
| heart | шӱм | šüm |
| head | вуй | vuj |
| blood | вӱр | vür |
| water | вӱд | vüd |
| fire | тул | tul |
| moon | тылзе | tylze |
| rain | йӱр | jür |
| snow | лум | lum |
| wind | мардеж | mardež |
| mountain | курык | kuryk |
| river | эҥер | eŋer |
| sea | теҥыз | teŋyz |
| tree | пу | pu |
| leaf | лышташ | lyštaš |
| night | йӱд | jüd |
| dog | пий | pij |
| cat | пырыс | pyrys |
| fish | кол | kol |
| bird | кайык | kajyk |
| horse | имне | imńe |
| cow | ушкал | uškal |
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- Peripheral MongolianMongolic-Khitan89% alike
- Western MariUralic89% alike
- ErzyaUralic88% alike
- Khalaj TurkicTurkic88% alike
- AzerbaijaniTurkic87% alike
- ChuvashTurkic87% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Glottolog · east2328 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · mhr