Uralic family

Mari

c. 1000 CE – today Living

Mari (c. 1000 CE – today) is a living Uralic language. Lineage: Proto-Uralic → Mari.

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Speakers
400K (400,000)
ISO 639-3
chm

Uralic language of Mari El, Russia, with Meadow and Hill standards. Its placement (Volga-Finnic or its own branch) is debated.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Uralicc. 4,000 BCE – 2,500 BCE
  2. Maric. 1000 CE – today

Sister languages 6

Also descended from Proto-Uralic.

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