Maasai language

E50220
Eastern Nilotic language Nilotic language natural language

Maasai language is an Eastern Nilotic language spoken primarily by the Maasai people of Kenya and Tanzania, known for its rich oral tradition and distinctive phonology.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Maasai language canonical 8
Samburu language 3
Karamojong language 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Eastern Nilotic language ⓘ
Nilotic language ⓘ
natural language ⓘ
branchOf Nilo-Saharan languages ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Camus language ⓘ
Maasai language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Samburu language
endangermentStatus vulnerable ⓘ
ethnicGroup Maasai ⓘ
surface form: Maasai people
hasAlternativeName Maa ⓘ
hasCulturalRole marker of Maasai identity ⓘ
medium of oral history ⓘ
medium of transmission of Maasai traditions ⓘ
hasDialect Maasai ⓘ
surface form: Kenyan Maasai

Tanzanian Maasai ⓘ
hasDomain traditional pastoralist culture ⓘ
hasFeature advanced tongue root vowel harmony ⓘ
complex consonant system ⓘ
distinctive phonology ⓘ
rich oral tradition ⓘ
tone ⓘ
vowel length contrast ⓘ
hasLearningResource Maasai Bible translations ⓘ
Maasai dictionaries ⓘ
Maasai language primers ⓘ
hasMorphologicalType agglutinative ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature consonant length contrast ⓘ
long and short vowels ⓘ
phonemic tone ⓘ
ISO639-3 mas ⓘ
languageFamily Nilotic languages ⓘ
primaryWordOrder VOS ⓘ
VSO ⓘ
region Rift Valley region ⓘ
northern Tanzania ⓘ
southern Kenya ⓘ
regulatedBy local community elders ⓘ
spokenIn Kenya ⓘ
Tanzania ⓘ
status regional language ⓘ
subfamily Eastern Nilotic languages ⓘ
usedAlongside English ⓘ
Swahili language ⓘ
surface form: Swahili
usedFor daily communication among Maasai people ⓘ
oral literature ⓘ
rituals and ceremonies ⓘ
songs and chants ⓘ
storytelling ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

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

Nilo-Saharan languages → includesLanguage → Maasai language ⓘ
Teso language → closelyRelatedTo → Maasai language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Karamojong language
Nilo-Saharian phylum → includesLanguage → Maasai language ⓘ
subject surface form: Nilo-Saharan phylum
Eastern Sudanic languages → hasNotableLanguage → Maasai language ⓘ
Maasai language → closelyRelatedTo → Maasai language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Samburu language
Nilotic languages → majorLanguage → Maasai language ⓘ
El Molo → shiftedTo → Maasai language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Samburu language
Maasai → closelyRelatedTo → Maasai language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Samburu language
Maa → hasAlternativeName → Maasai language ⓘ
Eastern Nilotic languages → hasMemberLanguage → Maasai language ⓘ
Narok County → localLanguage → Maasai language ⓘ
Kajiado County → languageSpoken → Maasai language ⓘ