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THE LINGUISTICS STUDENT’S HANDBOOK 304
Language name Mari Cheremis
Language name Margi
Autonym (if known and different)
Autonym (if known and different) Màrgyí
Language family Uralic Finno-Ugric
Language family Afro-Asiatic Chadic
Spoken in Russia
Spoken in Nigeria
Approximate number of speakers 500k
Approximate number of speakers 150k
Writing system Cyrillic
Writing system Roman
Phonetics/phonology
Phonetics/phonology
Stress quantity-based
Stress
Contains following rare
consonant (types)
Said to have how many vowels? 8
Contains following rare implosive; voiced labio-dental flap in ideophones
consonant (types)
Said to have how many vowels? 6
Marked vowel types front rounded
Marked vowel types
Tone none
Tone register
Rhythm no information
Rhythm no information
Vowel harmony front–back
Vowel harmony none
Morphology agglutinative word-based
Morphology agglutinative word-based
Particular formation types dvandva; suffix
Particular formation types prefix; full reduplication; suffix; tone used morphologically
Syntax
Word order SOV AN postpositions
PossN
Syntax
Word order SVO NA prepositions
NPoss
Particular syntactic phenomena nominative / accusative marking
Particular syntactic phenomena inclusive / exclusive 1st dual and plural;
morphological aspect
Points of interest
Points of interest
Sources Campbell (1991), Katzner (1977), Ruhlen (1976),
Wälchli (2005)
Sources Campbell (1991), Hoffmann (1963), Maddieson (1984),
Ruhlen (1976)
Masai see Maasai
Mazatec see Mazateco