Eurasia · ISO 639-3 mrj · Glottocode west2392
Western Mari
For Western Mari, the dataset combines a reference point in Eurasia, classification as a language of the Uralic family, threatened status, and the likely script Cyrillic.
- Language family
- Uralic
- Likely script
- Cyrillic (Cyrl)
- Source status
- threatened
- Macroarea
- Eurasia
- Source country codes
- RU
- Reference point
- 56.220, 46.569
Open research question
How can dated sources trace speaker numbers, multilingualism, and changes in transmission for Western Mari more precisely?
This question is an assignment for later subject and community-proximate source review, not a claim about a uniform cultural worldview.
Scholarly boundary
The map point is a Glottolog reference point, not a language-area boundary. The script field is a likely Unicode CLDR assignment, not a complete history of orthography. Information on endangerment and countries follows the linked source data and does not replace current local assessment.