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 16
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 (41)

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 ⓘ
Engare Sero → languageSpoken → Maasai ⓘ
Sogoo → neighboringLanguages → Maasai ⓘ
ɔl Maa → alternativeName → Maasai ⓘ
Suswa → localLanguage → Maasai (Maa) ⓘ
linked to: Maasai