Mari people
ethnic group
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Summary
Mari people is an ethnic group[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of ethnic group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,317 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Native language: Mari[3], Hill Mari[4]
- Religion or worldview: Mari religion[5], Eastern Orthodoxy[6]
- Country: Ukraine[7], Belarus[8], Estonia[9], Latvia[10]
- Part of: Finno-Ugric peoples[11]
- Commons category: Mari people[12]
- Topic's main category: Category:Mari people[13]
- Population: 557,000[14]
- Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[15], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[16], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[17], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[18], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[19], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 7[20]
- Languages spoken, written or signed: Mari[21], Hill Mari[22], Russian[23]
- Indigenous to: Kazakhstan[24], Ukraine[25], Belarus[26], Latvia[27], Estonia[28]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Ukraine[29]
Why It Matters
Mari people has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] It is known by 48 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]