Af-Maay
E753672
Af-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 |
|---|---|
| Af-Maay canonical | 3 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Afroasiatic language
ⓘ
Cushitic language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo | Af-Maxaa (Standard Somali) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distinctFrom | Standard Somali NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endangermentStatus | under-described but actively spoken ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Af-Maay Maay
ⓘ
Maay NERFINISHED ⓘ Maay Maay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDialect | various local Maay dialects ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
rich verbal morphology
ⓘ
tone or pitch accent distinctions ⓘ vowel harmony ⓘ |
| hasGrammarDescription | documented in some linguistic studies ⓘ |
| hasLexicalInfluenceFrom |
Arabic
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
English NERFINISHED ⓘ Italian ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalType | agglutinative ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
consonant length contrasts
ⓘ
long and short vowels ⓘ |
| hasSociolinguisticRole | marker of Digil-Mirifle identity ⓘ |
| ISOStatus | has its own ISO 639-3 code ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Afroasiatic
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cushitic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mutualIntelligibility | partially intelligible with Standard Somali ⓘ |
| partOfLanguageFamily | Afroasiatic language family ⓘ |
| primaryWordOrder | SOV ⓘ |
| region | Horn of Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenBy |
Digil-Mirifle Somalis
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Maay-speaking Somali communities ⓘ Rahanweyn clans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Ethiopia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kenya NERFINISHED ⓘ Somalia NERFINISHED ⓘ southern Somalia ⓘ |
| status | minority language within Somalia ⓘ |
| subfamilyOf | Cushitic branch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedBy | rural communities in southern Somalia ⓘ |
| usedFor |
local media in southern Somalia
ⓘ
oral communication ⓘ religious discourse ⓘ traditional poetry and songs ⓘ |
| usedIn | local radio broadcasts in southern Somalia ⓘ |
| usedInEducation | informal community-based education ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.