мары йӹлмӹ

Hill Mari

Uralic (Mari)

FamilyUralic (Mari) Speakers~30K ScriptCyrillic (with Ӓ Ӧ Ӱ Ы̆) CountriesRussia (Mari El, Nizhny Novgorod, Kirov) Official inRepublic of Mari El (co-official with Russian and Meadow Mari) Vitalityvulnerable ISO 639-3mrj

Hill Mari (кырык мары kyryk mary) is a Volga-Finnic Uralic language spoken on the high right bank of the Volga in Russia's Mari El Republic by ~30K people. It is officially distinct from Meadow Mari (mhr, ~400K speakers) — both are co-official republican languages alongside Russian — though they form a dialect continuum and are partly mutually intelligible. The Mari are one of the few Volga peoples to retain pre-Christian indigenous animist religion (Chimari Yula). Hill Mari has its own Cyrillic orthography distinguished by additional letters Ӓ ӓ, Ӧ ӧ, Ӱ ӱ and Ы̆ ы̆.

Where it is spoken

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87 core words in Hill Mari

Water

вӹд

vʉd

Fire

тыл

tɨl

Sun

кечӹ

ketʃʉ

Moon

тӹлзӹ

tʉlzʉ

Star

шӹдӹр

ˈʃɘdɘr

Night

йыд

jəð

Rain

юр

jur

Snow

лум

lum

Wind

мардеж

mardeʒ

Earth

рок

rok

Stone

кӱ

ky

Mountain

кырык

ˈkərək

Sea

тангыж

taŋɡəʒ

Mother

ӓвӓ

ævæ

Father

ӓтя

ætʲa

Daughter

ӹдӹр

ɘdɘr

I

мӹнь

mɘnʲ

You

тӹнь

tɘnʲ

We

мӓ

mæ

Name

лӹм

lɘm

Person

эдем

edem

Head

вуй

vuj

Eye

сӹнзӓ

sʉnzæ

Ear

пӹлӹш

pɘlɘʃ

Nose

нер

ner

Mouth

ышма

əʃma

Tooth

пӱ

py

Tongue

йӹлмӹ

jɯlmɯ

Hand

кид

kid

Foot

ял лапа

jal lɑpɑ

Heart

шӱм

ʃym

Bone

лу

lu

Blood

вӹр

vɯr

Poop

шыр

ʃər

Love

ярататмаш

jaratatmaʃ

Tree

пушӓнгӹ

puʃæŋɡʉ

Dog

пи

pi

Cat

кытьӹ

kʉtʲʉ

Fish

кол

kol

Bird

кек

kek

Butterfly

лӹпӹ

lɯpɯ

Egg

мыны

mənə

Bear

мӧскӓ

møskæ

Horse

имни

ˈimɲi

House

пӧрт

pørt

Milk

шӧр

ʃør

Honey

мӱ

my

Salt

санзал

sanzal

Wine

якшар ӓрӓкӓ

jakʃar ærækæ

Rice

рис

ris

Chocolate

шоколад

ʃokoˈlad

Iron

кӹртни

kʉrtnʲi

Wheel

арава

arava

Silk

парсын

parsən

Book

книгӓ

kniɣæ

Eat

качкаш

katʃkaʃ

Drink

йӱӓш

jyæʃ

Sleep

амалаш

amalaʃ

One

ик

ik

Two

кок

kok

Three

кым

kɤm

Four

нӹл

nəl

Five

вӹц

vəts

Hundred

шӱдӹ

ʃydə

Hello

пӓрӓнӓ

pærænæ

Thank you

таусола

tausola

Good

сӓй

sæj

New

у

u

Red

якшаргы

jakʃɑrɣə

White

ошо

oʃo

Black

шим

ʃim

Green

ыжар

əˈʒar

Blue

симсӹ

ˈsimsə

Cuckoo

куку

ˈkuku

Computer

компьютер

kɐmˈpjuter

Sushi

суши

suˈʃi

Tea

чӓй

tʃæj

Coffee

кофе

ˈkofe

Sugar

сакыр

ˈsakɨr

Orange

апельсин

apelʲsin

Ninety-nine

ӹндекшлу ӹндекш

əndekʃlu əndekʃ

Sources

Words compared

Compared with languages in the same classification: Uralic (Mari)

Meaning Hill MariMeadow MariErzyaUdmurtMokshaKomi-PermyakKomi-Zyrian
Water вӹд /vʉd/ вӱд /vyd/ ведь /vʲedʲ/ ву /vu/ ведь /vedʲ/ ва /va/ ва /va/
Fire тыл /tɨl/ тул /tul/ тол /tol/ тыл /tɨl/ тол /tol/ би /bi/ би /bi/
Sun кечӹ /ketʃʉ/ кече /ketʃe/ чи /tʃi/ шунды /ʃundɨ/ ши /ʃi/ шонді /ʃondi/ шонді /ʃondi/
Moon тӹлзӹ /tʉlzʉ/ тылзе /tɨlze/ ков /kov/ толэзь /tolezʲ/ ков /kov/ тӧлісь /tɵliɕ/ тӧлысь /tɘlɨɕ/
Star шӹдӹр /ˈʃɘdɘr/ шӱдыр /ˈʃydɨr/ теште /ˈtʲeʃtʲe/ кизили /kizʲili/ тяште /ˈtʲæʃtʲe/ кӧдзыв /ˈkɘdʑɨv/ кодзув /ˈkodʑuv/
Night йыд /jəð/ йӱд /jyd/ ве /ve/ уй /uj/ ве /vʲe/ ой /oj/ вой /voj/
Rain юр /jur/ йӱр /jyr/ пиземе /pizʲemʲe/ зор /zor/ пизема /pizʲemə/ зэр /zer/ зэр /zer/
Snow лум /lum/ лум /lum/ лов /lov/ лымы /lɨmɨ/ лов /lov/ лым /lɨm/ лым /lɨm/
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