Maasai

E247401

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

All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Maasai people 17
Maasai canonical 9
Kenyan Maasai 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (32)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Eastern Nilotic language
Nilotic language
Southern Maa language
language
autonym ɔl Maa
closelyRelatedTo Camus language
Samburu language
linked to: Maasai language
country Kenya
Tanzania
ethnicGroupOfSpeakers Maasai people
linked to: Maasai
glottologCode maas1239
hasAlternativeName Maa
Masai language
hasDialects Kenyan Maasai
linked to: Maasai

Tanzanian Maasai
linked to: 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
linked to: northern Tanzania

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

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (33)

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

Maasai language ethnicGroup Maasai people
linked to: Maasai
Maasai language hasDialect Kenyan Maasai
linked to: Maasai
Maasai Mara National Reserve namedAfter Maasai people
linked to: Maasai
Kilimanjaro Region hasEthnicGroup Maasai people
linked to: Maasai
Ngorongoro Conservation Area inhabitedBy Maasai people
linked to: Maasai
Masai Ujiri givenName Masai
linked to: Maasai
East African languages includesLanguage Maasai (Maa)
linked to: Maasai
Kitengela dispersal area inhabitedBy Maasai pastoralists
linked to: Maasai
Okiek people relatedEthnicGroup Maasai people
linked to: Maasai
Maasai ethnicGroupOfSpeakers Maasai people
linked to: Maasai
Maasai hasDialects Kenyan Maasai
linked to: Maasai
Maasai hasDialects Tanzanian Maasai
linked to: Maasai
Datooga people neighboringGroup Maasai people
linked to: Maasai
Nilotic peoples includesEthnicGroup Maasai people
linked to: Maasai
Rift Valley region inhabitedBy Maasai people
linked to: Maasai
Rift Valley region hasCulturalSignificanceFor Maasai people
linked to: Maasai
Maa spokenBy Maasai people
linked to: Maasai
Maa ethnicGroup Maasai
Iraqw hasLoanwordsFrom Maasai
Omotik people relatedTo Maasai people
linked to: Maasai
Omotik people hasNeighboringGroup Maasai people
linked to: Maasai
Kikuyu people neighboringEthnicGroup Maasai people
linked to: Maasai
Narok County ethnicGroup Maasai people
linked to: Maasai
Greater Mara Ecosystem inhabitedBy Maasai people
linked to: Maasai
Same District hasEthnicGroup Maasai people
linked to: Maasai
Kajiado County knownFor Maasai communities
linked to: Maasai
Kenyan languageSpoken Maasai