Maay Maay
E753671
Maay Maay is a Cushitic language spoken primarily by the Maay-speaking Somali communities in southern Somalia and neighboring regions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Maay Maay canonical | 2 |
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Afroasiatic language
ⓘ
Cushitic language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo | Standard Somali NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Af-Maay
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Af-Maay Maay NERFINISHED ⓘ Maay NERFINISHED ⓘ Mai-Mai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEndangermentStatus | vulnerable (regional language with strong oral use) ⓘ |
| hasISO639-3Code | ymm NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLanguageCodeType | ISO 639-3 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticFeature |
case marking
ⓘ
noun gender system ⓘ rich verbal morphology ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length
ⓘ
tonal or pitch-accent distinctions reported by some descriptions ⓘ |
| hasSociolinguisticStatus |
often considered a major variety of Somali
ⓘ
underrepresented in formal education in Somalia ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
| isMutuallyIntelligibleWith | limited mutual intelligibility with Standard Somali ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Cushitic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Afroasiatic ⓘ |
| languageGroup | Somali languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Afroasiatic language family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryRegion |
Bakool region of Somalia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bay region of Somalia ⓘ Gedo region of Somalia NERFINISHED ⓘ Lower Shabelle region of Somalia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Horn of Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenBy |
Maay-speaking Somali communities
ⓘ
Rahanweyn (Digil-Mirifle) Somalis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Ethiopia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kenya NERFINISHED ⓘ Somalia NERFINISHED ⓘ southern Somalia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subfamilyOf | Cushitic branch ⓘ |
| usedBy |
agro-pastoralist communities
ⓘ
pastoralist communities ⓘ |
| usedIn |
local media
ⓘ
oral communication ⓘ religious contexts ⓘ |
| usesScript | Latin alphabet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.