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- This article is about a Volga-Finnic people. See also Mari, Syria.
Mari (also known as Cheremis in Russian and Çirmeş in Tatar) is a Volga-Finnic people in Volga area, the natives of Mari El, Russia.
Total population 670,900 (1989), 324,400 in Mari El, 19,500 in Tatarstan.
Mari speak two closely related Mari languages, Meadow Mari (марий йылме) and Hill Mari (мары йӹлмы). The languages can be divided further into dialects, including Eastern, and Northern-Western dialects.
The most of Maris are the Christians (was converted on 16 century by Ivan Grozny), while some are of Marla faith, Christianity with a significant addition of pre-Christian elements.
See also
de:Mari (Volk)
tt:Marilar
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