SEBEOK, Thomas A. and ZEPS, Valdis J.

Tall 8vo., 259pp.. Ex library but clean and tight. A good copy. The Mari (мари марийцы) are a Finno-Ugric people who have traditionally lived along the Volga and Kama rivers in Russia. Almost half of Maris today live in the Mari El republic, with significant populations in the Bashkortostan and Tatarstan republics. In the past, the Mari have also been known as the Cheremisa or the Cheremis people in Russian and the Çirmeş in Tatar.