Maasai

E247401
Eastern Nilotic language Nilotic language Southern Maa language language

Maasai is a Nilotic language spoken primarily by the Maasai people of Kenya and Tanzania.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Maasai people 17
Maasai canonical 9
Kenyan Maasai 2

Statements (32)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Eastern Nilotic language ⓘ
Nilotic language ⓘ
Southern Maa language ⓘ
language ⓘ
autonym ɔl Maa ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Camus language ⓘ
Maasai language ⓘ
surface form: Samburu language
country Kenya ⓘ
Tanzania ⓘ
ethnicGroupOfSpeakers Maasai self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Maasai people
glottologCode maas1239 ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Maa ⓘ
Masai language ⓘ
hasDialects Maasai self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Kenyan Maasai

Maasai self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Tanzanian Maasai
hasLinguisticFeature noun class system ⓘ
verbal aspect marking ⓘ
hasMorphologicalType agglutinative ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature tone ⓘ
vowel length contrast ⓘ
iso639-3Code mas ⓘ
languageFamily Nilo-Saharan languages ⓘ
languageGroup Maa languages ⓘ
languageSubfamily Eastern Nilotic languages ⓘ
primaryWordOrder VSO ⓘ
region northern Tanzania ⓘ
surface form: Northern Tanzania

Rift Valley region ⓘ
surface form: Rift Valley region of Kenya
spokenIn Kenya ⓘ
Tanzania ⓘ
usedIn cultural ceremonies of the Maasai people ⓘ
oral tradition of the Maasai people ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (33)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nilo-Saharian → includesLanguage → Maasai ⓘ
Maasai language → ethnicGroup → Maasai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maasai people
Maasai language → hasDialect → Maasai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kenyan Maasai
Maasai Mara National Reserve → namedAfter → Maasai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maasai people
Maasai Mara National Reserve → indigenousPeople → Maasai ⓘ
Kilimanjaro Region → hasEthnicGroup → Maasai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maasai people
Amboseli National Park → associatedPeople → Maasai ⓘ
Ngorongoro Conservation Area → inhabitedBy → Maasai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maasai people
Masai Ujiri → givenName → Maasai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Masai
East African languages → includesLanguage → Maasai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maasai (Maa)
Ol Doinyo Lengai → nearbyEthnicGroup → Maasai ⓘ
Kitengela dispersal area → inhabitedBy → Maasai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maasai pastoralists
Okiek people → relatedEthnicGroup → Maasai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maasai people
Maasai → ethnicGroupOfSpeakers → Maasai self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maasai people
Maasai → hasDialects → Maasai self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kenyan Maasai
Maasai → hasDialects → Maasai self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tanzanian Maasai
Datooga people → neighboringGroup → Maasai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maasai people
Nilotic peoples → includesEthnicGroup → Maasai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maasai people
Datooga → hasNeighborLanguage → Maasai ⓘ
Rift Valley region → inhabitedBy → Maasai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maasai people
Rift Valley region → hasCulturalSignificanceFor → Maasai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maasai people
Maa → spokenBy → Maasai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maasai people
Maa → ethnicGroup → Maasai ⓘ
Gĩkũyũ → neighboringEthnicGroups → Maasai ⓘ
Iraqw → hasLoanwordsFrom → Maasai ⓘ
Omotik people → relatedTo → Maasai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maasai people
Omotik people → hasNeighboringGroup → Maasai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maasai people
Kikuyu people → neighboringEthnicGroup → Maasai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maasai people
Narok County → ethnicGroup → Maasai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maasai people
Greater Mara Ecosystem → inhabitedBy → Maasai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maasai people
Same District → hasEthnicGroup → Maasai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maasai people
Kajiado County → knownFor → Maasai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maasai communities
Kenyan → languageSpoken → Maasai ⓘ