ɔl Maa

E867522

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

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Maasai language ⓘ
language ⓘ
alternativeName Maa ⓘ
Maasai ⓘ
branch Maa languages ⓘ
classificationStatus living language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Camus language ⓘ
Samburu language ⓘ
country Kenya ⓘ
Tanzania ⓘ
culturalSignificance central to Maasai identity ⓘ
ethnicGroup Maasai ⓘ
glottologCode maas1239 ⓘ
hasAlternativeTransliteration Ol Maa ⓘ
Ol-Maa ⓘ
hasDialect Camus (Il Chamus) ⓘ
Kisongo Maasai ⓘ
Kisonko Maasai ⓘ
Purko Maasai ⓘ
Samburu ⓘ
hasMorphologicalType agglutinative ⓘ
hasNeighborLanguage Kalenjin languages ⓘ
Kikuyu ⓘ
Swahili ⓘ
linked to: Swahili language
hasPhonologicalFeature tone ⓘ
vowel length contrast ⓘ
ISO639-3Code mas ⓘ
languageFamily Nilo-Saharan languages ⓘ
linguisticTypology verb–subject–object dominant word order ⓘ
nameInEnglish Maasai language ⓘ
region East Africa ⓘ
selfDesignation ɔl Maa ⓘ
spokenBy Maasai people ⓘ
linked to: Maasai
spokenIn Kenya ⓘ
Tanzania ⓘ
subFamily Eastern Nilotic languages ⓘ
usedFor cultural practices ⓘ
daily communication ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ
usedInEducation local primary education (limited) ⓘ
usedInMedia local radio broadcasts (limited) ⓘ
usedInReligion Christian church services (local) ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

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

Maasai → autonym → ɔl Maa ⓘ