Kuzhener dialect

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The Kuzhener dialect is a regional variety of the Hill Mari language spoken by Mari communities in and around the Kuzhener area.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Kuzhener dialect canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (25)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dialect ⓘ
regional variety of Hill Mari ⓘ
belongsTo Finno-Ugric branch of Uralic languages ⓘ
country Russia ⓘ
hasEthnicAssociation Mari people ⓘ
hasLanguageAncestor Proto-Uralic language ⓘ
hasMorphologicalFeatures agglutinative morphology (as in Mari languages) ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeatures features characteristic of Hill Mari with local variation ⓘ
hasSpokenForm yes ⓘ
hasStandardForm no distinct standardized form separate from Hill Mari ⓘ
hasStatus minority dialect ⓘ
hasSyntacticType predominantly SOV word order ⓘ
isMutuallyIntelligibleWith other Hill Mari dialects ⓘ
languageBranch Mari languages ⓘ
linked to: Mari language
languageFamily Uralic languages ⓘ
partOf Hill Mari dialect continuum ⓘ
region Kuzhener and surrounding areas ⓘ
riskStatus potentially vulnerable due to dominance of Russian and standard Mari varieties ⓘ
spokenBy Hill Mari communities ⓘ
Mari people ⓘ
spokenIn Kuzhener area ⓘ
subdivisionOf Hill Mari language ⓘ
usedFor everyday communication in local Mari communities ⓘ
usedIn local cultural and traditional contexts ⓘ
writingSystem Cyrillic script (via Hill Mari orthography) ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hill Mari → hasDialect → Kuzhener dialect ⓘ