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The Mari language (Mari: , ''marij jəlme''; (ロシア語:марийский язык), ''mariyskiy yazyk''), spoken by approximately 400,000 people, belongs to the Uralic language family. It is spoken primarily in the Mari Republic (Mari: , ''Marii El'', i.e., 'Mari land') of the Russian Federation as well as in the area along the Vyatka river basin and eastwards to the Urals. Mari speakers, known as the Mari are found also in the Tatarstan, Udmurtia, and Perm regions. Mari is the titular and official language of its republic, alongside Russian. The Mari language today has a unified standard form with two variants Hill Mari and Meadow Mari, using a modified version of Cyrillic script, as well as several dialects close to Meadow Mari: Eastern (Ural) dialects (spoken by Maris in Bashkortostan, Sverdlovsk Oblast and Udmurtia), and Northwestern dialect (spoken in Novgorod Oblast and parts of Kirov Oblast). The use of two "variants", as opposed to two "languages", has been debated: Maris recognize the unity of the ethnic group, and the two forms are very close, but distinct enough to cause some problems with communication. == Ethnonym and glottonym == The Mari language and people were known as "Cheremis" ((ロシア語:черемисы, черемисский язык), ''cheremisy'', ''cheremisskiy yazyk''). In medieval texts the variant forms Sarmys and Tsarmys are also found, as well as ; and (チュヴァシ語:Ҫармӑс), ''Şarmăs'' before the Russian Revolution. The term ''Mari'' comes from the Maris' autonym , which is thought to have been borrowed from the Indo-Aryan term *''maryá-'' 'man', literally 'mortal, one who is bound to die' ( < PIE *''mer-'' 'to die'). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mari language」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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