Meadow Mari language

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Meadow Mari
олык марий, olyk marij
Native to	Russia
Region	Mari El Republic
Native speakers	470,000 (2012)[1]
Language family	Uralic Mari Meadow Mari
Writing system	Cyrillic
Official status
Official language in	Russia Mari El
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]

Meadow Mari and Eastern Mari are distinct language varieties, which both use the Meadow Mari literary standard.^[4]