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People The Mari El Republic (Russian: Респу́блика Мари́й Эл; Mari: Марий Эл Республика) is a federal subject of the Russian Federation... The Mari language (Mari: марий йылме, Russian марийский язык), spoken by more than 600,000 people, belongs to the Finno-Ugric language group and is part of the Volgaic subgroup of the Finnic languages together with Mordvin (though this relationship is contested; see Klima 2004 for discussion). ... The Mari (also known as Cheremis in Russian and ÇirmeÅŸ in Tatar) are a Volga-Finnic people in the Volga area, the natives of Mari El, Russia. ...

Other Mari Youngblood (born Mary Schreck), also called Mari, is a female soprano vocalist. ... Saint Mari was converted by Saint Addai. ...

Mari is the main character of Basque mythology, having, unlike other criatures that share the same imaginary enviroment, a god_like nature. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Mariamman This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Binomial name Perameles bougainville Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 The Western Barred Bandicoot (Perameles bougainville), also known as the Mari, is a small species of bandicoot found in Australia. ...

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