Mari alphabet

The Mari language is mostly written using a Cyrillic alphabet.

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Cyrillic script

Meadow Mari alphabet

А а	Б б	В в	Г г	Д д	Е е	Ё ё	Ж ж
З з	И и	Й й	К к	Л л	М м	Н н	Ҥ ҥ
О о	Ӧ ӧ	П п	Р р	С с	Т т	У у	Ӱ ӱ
Ф ф	Х х	Ц ц	Ч ч	Ш ш	Щ щ	Ъ ъ	Ы ы
Ь ь	Э э	Ю ю	Я я

The Meadow Mari alphabet uses all of the letters of the Russian alphabet, plus 3 more: ҥ, ӧ, and ӱ. Respectively, these letters represent the phonemes /ŋ/, /œ/, and /y/.

Hill Mari alphabet

А а	Ӓ ӓ	Б б	В в	Г г	Д д	Е е	Ё ё
Ж ж	З з	И и	Й й	К к	Л л	М м	Н н
О о	Ӧ ӧ	П п	Р р	С с	Т т	У у	Ӱ ӱ
Ф ф	Х х	Ц ц	Ч ч	Ш ш	Щ щ	Ъ ъ	Ы ы
Ӹ ӹ	Ь ь	Э э	Ю ю	Я я

The Hill Mari alphabet uses all of the letters of the Russian alphabet, plus 4 more: ӓ, ӧ, ӱ, and ӹ. Respectively, these letters represent the phonemes /æ/, /œ/, /y/, and /ə̟/.

North-Western Mari alphabet

А а	Ӓ ӓ	Б б	В в	Г г	Д д	Е е	Ё ё
Ж ж	З з	И и	Й й	К к	Л л	М м	Н н
ҥ	О о	Ӧ ӧ	Ө ө	Ӫ ӫ	П п	Р р	С с
Т т	У у	Ӱ ӱ	Ф ф	Х х	Ц ц	Ч ч	Ш ш
Щ щ	ъ	Ы ы	Ӹ ӹ	ь	Э э	Ю ю	Я я

The North-Western Mari alphabet uses all of the letters of the Russian alphabet, plus 7 more: ӓ, ҥ, ӧ, ө, ӱ, ӫ and ӹ. Respectively, these letters represent the phonemes /æ/, /ŋ/, /œ/, /ů/, /y/, /ẙ/ and /ə/.

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Aa	Ää	Bв	Gg	Dd	Zz	Ƶƶ	Ii
Jj	Kk	Lʟ	Ļʟ̧	Mm	Nn	Ꞑꞑ	Ŋŋ
Oo	Pp	Rr	Ss	Tt	Uu	Üü	Cc
Şş	Çç	Әә	Ӛӛ	Ee	Ff	Hh	Čč
t’	d’

Cyrillic script

Meadow Mari alphabet

Hill Mari alphabet

North-Western Mari alphabet

Latin script

Draft version of the Latin alphabet from 1930

References

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