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	~~<tr><td><b>Also Known As:</b> Maa,Masai,Lumbwa,Maasai,Kimaasai~~


	~~<b>Description:</b>~~

	The Maasai language (autonym: ɔl Maa) is an Eastern Nilotic language spoken in Southern Kenya and Northern Tanzania by the Maasai people, numbering about 800,000. It is closely related to the other Maa varieties Samburu (or Sampur), the language of the Samburu people of central Kenya, Chamus, spoken south and southeast of Lake Baringo (sometimes regarded as a dialect of Samburu); and Parakuyu of Tanzania. The Maasai, Samburu, il-Chamus and Parakuyu peoples are historically related and all refer to their language as ɔl Maa.
	Like the other Maa languages, Maasai has Advanced Tongue Root vowel harmony. There are nine contrastive vowels, with the vowel /a/ being "neutral" for harmony. For some speakers the voiced stops may be realized as implosive consonants, but often the implosion is very light to non-existent. Tone is extremely important for conveying correct meaning.
	Word order is usually Verb Subject Object, though order can vary because tone is the most important indicator of Subject versus Object. What really determines order in a clause is topicality; thus order in most simple clauses can be predicted according to the information structure pattern: [~~Verb - Most.Topical -<i>~~[~~http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/index.html?curid=1896871 ..... full article at Wikipedia]</i></td></tr>~~
	~~<tr><td><h2>Location of Maasai Language Speakers</h2>~~
	~~<googlemap zoom="1" width=400 height=300 lat="0.994190" lon="30.451776" type="map">~~
	~~-5.694357, 36.322347, Tanzania~~
	~~-0.425170, 36.751730, Kenya~~
	~~9.102097, 18.281250, Africa</googlemap>~~
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	~~<tr><td><h2>Rosetta Document Collection</h2>~~
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	<tr><td>Detailed Description:</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>1</td><td>[http://www.archive.org/details/rosettaproject_mas_detail-1 (download)]</td><td>[http://www.archive.org/stream/rosettaproject_mas_detail-1 (browse)] </td></tr>
	<tr><td>Genesis Translation:</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>1</td><td>[http://www.archive.org/details/rosettaproject_mas_gen-1 (download)]</td><td>[http://www.archive.org/stream/rosettaproject_mas_gen-1 (browse)] </td></tr>
	<tr><td>Phonology:</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>1</td><td>[http://www.archive.org/details/rosettaproject_mas_phon-1 (download)]</td><td>[http://www.archive.org/stream/rosettaproject_mas_phon-1 (browse)] </td></tr>
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	~~<h2>Overview</h2>~~

	~~<tr><td><b>Main Country: </b></td><td>[http://www.freebase.com/view/en/kenya Kenya]</td></tr>~~

	~~<tr><td><b>Spoken In: </b></td><td>~~

	~~<b><i>Countries: </i></b>[http:///www.freebase.com/view/en/tanzania Tanzania], [http:///www.freebase.com/view/en/kenya Kenya]~~
	~~<b><i>Regions: </i></b>[http:///www.freebase.com/view/en/africa Africa]~~
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	~~<tr><td><b>ISO 639-2 Code: </b></td><td>mas</td></tr>~~

	~~<tr><td><b>ISO 639-3 Code: </b></td><td>~~mas~~</td></tr>~~

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	~~<tr><td><h2>Classification Taxonomy</h2>~~
	~~[[All Languages]]~~

	~~  [[Nilo-Saharan Group]]~~

	~~    [[Eastern Sudanic Group]]~~

	~~      [[Nilotic Group]]~~

	~~        [[Eastern Nilotic Group]]~~

	~~          [[Lotuxo-Teso Group]]~~

	~~            [[Lotuxo-Maa Group]]~~

	~~              [[Ongamo-Maa Group]]~~

	~~                <b>[[Maasai Language~~]]~~</b>~~

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<tr><td><b>Also Known As:</b> Maa,Masai,Lumbwa,Maasai,Kimaasai

<b>Description:</b>

The Maasai language (autonym: ɔl Maa) is an Eastern Nilotic language spoken in Southern Kenya and Northern Tanzania by the Maasai people, numbering about 800,000. It is closely related to the other Maa varieties Samburu (or Sampur), the language of the Samburu people of central Kenya, Chamus, spoken south and southeast of Lake Baringo (sometimes regarded as a dialect of Samburu); and Parakuyu of Tanzania. The Maasai, Samburu, il-Chamus and Parakuyu peoples are historically related and all refer to their language as ɔl Maa.
Like the other Maa languages, Maasai has Advanced Tongue Root vowel harmony. There are nine contrastive vowels, with the vowel /a/ being "neutral" for harmony. For some speakers the voiced stops may be realized as implosive consonants, but often the implosion is very light to non-existent. Tone is extremely important for conveying correct meaning.
Word order is usually Verb Subject Object, though order can vary because tone is the most important indicator of Subject versus Object. What really determines order in a clause is topicality; thus order in most simple clauses can be predicted according to the information structure pattern: [Verb - Most.Topical -<i>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/index.html?curid=1896871 ..... full article at Wikipedia]</i></td></tr>
<tr><td><h2>Location of Maasai Language Speakers</h2>
<googlemap zoom="1" width=400 height=300 lat="0.994190" lon="30.451776" type="map">
-5.694357, 36.322347, Tanzania
-0.425170, 36.751730, Kenya
9.102097, 18.281250, Africa</googlemap>
</td></tr>
<tr><td><h2>Rosetta Document Collection</h2>
<table valign=top>
<tr><td>Detailed Description:</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>1</td><td>[http://www.archive.org/details/rosettaproject_mas_detail-1 (download)]</td><td>[http://www.archive.org/stream/rosettaproject_mas_detail-1 (browse)] </td></tr>
<tr><td>Genesis Translation:</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>1</td><td>[http://www.archive.org/details/rosettaproject_mas_gen-1 (download)]</td><td>[http://www.archive.org/stream/rosettaproject_mas_gen-1 (browse)] </td></tr>
<tr><td>Phonology:</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>1</td><td>[http://www.archive.org/details/rosettaproject_mas_phon-1 (download)]</td><td>[http://www.archive.org/stream/rosettaproject_mas_phon-1 (browse)] </td></tr>
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<h2>Overview</h2>

<tr><td><b>Main Country: </b></td><td>[http://www.freebase.com/view/en/kenya Kenya]</td></tr>

<tr><td><b>Spoken In: </b></td><td>

<b><i>Countries: </i></b>[http:///www.freebase.com/view/en/tanzania Tanzania], [http:///www.freebase.com/view/en/kenya Kenya]
<b><i>Regions: </i></b>[http:///www.freebase.com/view/en/africa Africa]
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<tr><td><b>ISO 639-2 Code: </b></td><td>mas</td></tr>

<tr><td><b>ISO 639-3 Code: </b></td><td>mas</td></tr>

</table>
</td></tr>
<tr><td><h2>Classification Taxonomy</h2>
[[All Languages]]

  [[Nilo-Saharan Group]]

    [[Eastern Sudanic Group]]

      [[Nilotic Group]]

        [[Eastern Nilotic Group]]

          [[Lotuxo-Teso Group]]

            [[Lotuxo-Maa Group]]

              [[Ongamo-Maa Group]]

                <b>[[Maasai Language]]</b>

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