玛丽玛萨话是云南维西傈僳族自治县塔城镇汝柯、格花等村自称“玛丽玛萨[mα21li 45 mα33sα21]”的族群所说的母语。这一族群有2000多人,被识别为纳西族。他们的居住地分布在金沙江支流腊普河沿岸,与汉族、藏族、傈僳族、彝族和自称[nα21i 33]的纳西族等多民族杂居。他们除了说玛丽玛萨话外,都至少还会说汉语和藏语,不少人还会说傈僳语、纳西语(西部方言)和彝语。 Mary Martha is the mother tongue spoken by ethnic groups such as Ruke and Tenghua in Taicheng Town of Weixi Lisu Autonomous County in Yunnan Province, who claim to be “Mary Martha [mα21li 45 mα33sα21]”. More than 2,000 people in this group are identified as Naxi. Their place of residence is distributed along the Lopud River, a tributary of the Jinsha River, and they live together with ethnic Han, Tibetan, Lisu, Yi and Naxi people who claim to be [nα21i33]. Apart from Mary Martha, they both speak Chinese and Tibetan at least, and many people speak 傈 僳, Naxi (Western dialect) and Yi.