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Glottolog. onga1238. The Maa languages are a group of closely related Eastern Nilotic languages (or from a linguistic perspective, dialects, as they appear to be mutually intelligible) spoken in parts of Kenya and Tanzania by more than a million speakers. They are subdivided into North and South Maa. The Maa languages are related to the Lotuko ...
Maasai (previously spelled Masai) or Maa ( English: / ˈmɑːsaɪ /; [2] autonym: ɔl Maa) is an Eastern Nilotic language spoken in Southern Kenya and Northern Tanzania by the Maasai people, numbering about 1.5 million. It is closely related to the other Maa varieties: Samburu (or Sampur), the language of the Samburu people of central Kenya ...
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Maasai (Masai, or ɔl Maa) Maasai is one of the Eastern Nilotic group of Nilo-Saharan languages. It is a major language of Kenya and Tanzania: approx. 800,000 speakers in all - (over 350,000 speakers in Southern Kenya and over 350, 000 speakers in Northern Tanzania). The Maasai people (Kenya's most well-known ethnic tribe) speak Maasai, a ...
Aug 15, 2008 · Maa Maasai Language Project. Doris L. Payne, University of Oregon. With the collaboration of Leonard Ole-Kotikash, Keswe Ole-Mapena, Sarah Tukuoo, Kimeli Ole-Naiyomah, Renoi and Morompi Ole-Ronkei, Daniel Nalangu, Josiah Ole-Kirisuah, Stephen Lentoror, Moses Lekempe, and many other colleagues.
Nov 26, 2012 · We, Maasai, still have much of our culture, customs, and tradition as we did thousands of years ago. Because the Maa society does not have a clear written history, it is difficult to say precisely where it originated. According to linguistic research, the Maa language is hermetic and not one of the numerous Bantu languages on the African continent. It is believed that the Maasai originated ...
The Maa language or language group has several varieties, all known as "Maa". It is spoken by approximately 500,000 Maasai, Samburu, Camus in Kenya, and about 500,000 Arusa, Kisonko and IlParakuyo people in Tanzania. The variety described in the following pages corresponds to southern Kenyan Maasai. 1.
