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 (2)

Label Occurrences
Maay Maay canonical 5
Mai-Mai 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Afroasiatic language ⓘ
Cushitic language ⓘ
language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Standard Somali ⓘ
linked to: Somali
hasAlternativeName Af-Maay ⓘ
Af-Maay Maay ⓘ
linked to: Af-Maay

Maay ⓘ
Mai-Mai ⓘ
linked to: Maay Maay
hasEndangermentStatus vulnerable (regional language with strong oral use) ⓘ
hasISO639-3Code ymm ⓘ
hasLanguageCodeType ISO 639-3 ⓘ
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 script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet
isMutuallyIntelligibleWith limited mutual intelligibility with Standard Somali ⓘ
languageBranch Cushitic ⓘ
languageFamily Afroasiatic ⓘ
languageGroup Somali languages ⓘ
linked to: Somali
partOf Afroasiatic language family ⓘ
primaryRegion Bakool region of Somalia ⓘ
Bay region of Somalia ⓘ
Gedo region of Somalia ⓘ
Lower Shabelle region of Somalia ⓘ
region Horn of Africa ⓘ
spokenBy Maay-speaking Somali communities ⓘ
Rahanweyn (Digil-Mirifle) Somalis ⓘ
spokenIn Ethiopia ⓘ
Kenya ⓘ
Somalia ⓘ
southern Somalia ⓘ
subfamilyOf Cushitic branch ⓘ
usedBy agro-pastoralist communities ⓘ
pastoralist communities ⓘ
usedIn local media ⓘ
oral communication ⓘ
religious contexts ⓘ
usesScript Latin alphabet ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

Maay → alternativeName → Maay Maay ⓘ
Maay → exonym → Maay Maay ⓘ
Maay Maay → hasAlternativeName → Mai-Mai ⓘ
linked to: Maay Maay
Af-Maay → hasAlternativeName → Maay Maay ⓘ
Bay region → languageVariety → Maay Maay ⓘ