Alternate Names: Cheremis, Gorno-Mariy, High Mari, Mari-Hills, Western Mari
Dialects: Kozymodemyan, Yaran. Lexical, phonological, and morphological differences with Meadow Mari ,. A member of macrolanguage Mari ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 30,000 (2012 T. Salminen).
Language Use: Includes a few child speakers. Also use Meadow Mari [mhr], Russian [rus].
Language Development: NT: 1827.
Writing System: Cyrillic
Nation of Origin: Russian Federation
Other Comments: Christian, traditional religion.