“Used Estonian” should probably read “tried to use”. My active vocabulary doesn’t go much beyond pleasantries and ordering meals in restaurants. But the students I was with spoke it fluently. Their ...
The Mari people of central Russia speak a distinct language and practice a separate religion from their Christian neighbors. Photographer Sergei Poteryaev and reporter Regina Khisamova attended a ...
Activists in Russia's Tatarstan and Mari El republics were celebrating the Tatar and Mari languages on April 26 as part of events marking Language Day. In Tatarstan, Language Day coincides with the ...