Western Mari

Q: What alphabet or script does Western Mari use?

Western Mari is written using the Cyrillic script (Cyrl).

Q: What direction is Western Mari written?

Western Mari is written Left-to-right, the same direction as most European languages.

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Western Mari is a language . It is written using the Cyrillic script. Its BCP 47 language code is mrj.

Writing Systems Used for Western Mari

Frequently Asked Questions

What alphabet or script does Western Mari use?

Western Mari is written using the Cyrillic script (ISO 15924 code: Cyrl). Cyrillic is written left-to-right.

What direction is Western Mari written?

Western Mari is written Left-to-right. Text runs from left to right, the same direction as most European languages.

What is the language code for Western Mari?

The BCP 47 language code for Western Mari is "mrj". This code is used in software, web standards (the HTML lang attribute), and internationalization contexts.

Language Facts

BCP 47 Code: mrj
ISO 639-3: mrj
Status: living
Scripts: 1
Primary Script: Cyrillic

Other Cyrillic Languages

Abkhazian Adyghe Avaric Bashkir Belarusian Bosnian Bulgarian Buriat Chechen Church Slavic Chuvash Crimean Tatar Dargwa Erzya Ingush Kabardian Kalmyk Kara-Kalpak Karachay-Balkar Kazakh

Data sourced from Unicode CLDR and ISO 639-3. Last updated April 20, 2026.