ɔl Maa
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ɔl Maa is the self-designated name for the Maasai language spoken by the Maasai people of East Africa.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| ɔl Maa canonical | 1 |
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Maasai language
ⓘ
language ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Maa
ⓘ
Maasai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| branch | Maa languages ⓘ |
| classificationStatus | living language ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Camus language
ⓘ
Samburu language ⓘ |
| country |
Kenya
ⓘ
Tanzania ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | central to Maasai identity ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Maasai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| glottologCode | maas1239 ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeTransliteration |
Ol Maa
ⓘ
Ol-Maa ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
Camus (Il Chamus)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kisongo Maasai NERFINISHED ⓘ Kisonko Maasai NERFINISHED ⓘ Purko Maasai NERFINISHED ⓘ Samburu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalType | agglutinative ⓘ |
| hasNeighborLanguage |
Kalenjin languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kikuyu NERFINISHED ⓘ Swahili NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
tone
ⓘ
vowel length contrast ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | mas ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Nilo-Saharan languages ⓘ |
| linguisticTypology | verb–subject–object dominant word order ⓘ |
| nameInEnglish | Maasai language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | East Africa ⓘ |
| selfDesignation | ɔl Maa ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Maasai people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Kenya
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tanzania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subFamily | Eastern Nilotic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
cultural practices
ⓘ
daily communication ⓘ oral tradition ⓘ |
| usedInEducation | local primary education (limited) ⓘ |
| usedInMedia | local radio broadcasts (limited) ⓘ |
| usedInReligion | Christian church services (local) ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.