Maasai (previously spelled Masai) or Maa (English: /ˈmɑːsaɪ/; autonym: ɔl Maa) is an Eastern Nilotic language spoken in Southern Kenya and Northern Tanzania...

The Maasai speak the Maa language (ɔl Maa), a member of the Nilotic language family that is related to the Dinka, Kalenjin and Nuer languages. Except...

"Mara" means "spotted" in the local Maasai language, because of the short bushy trees which dot the landscape. Maasai Mara is one of the wildlife conservation...

Maasai may refer to: Maasai people Maasai language Maasai mythology MAASAI (band) Masai (disambiguation) Massai This disambiguation page lists articles...

but they were later immersed in Maasai culture and adopted the Maa language and way of life. The Yaakunte language is today facing extinction but is...

a moribund Nilotic language of Kenya. It is spoken by the hunter-gatherer Omotik people of the Great Rift Valley among the Maasai; most of the Omotik...

territory of the Maasai. Akie is probably dying out because many of its speakers have shifted to, or are shifting to, Maasai language. Maguire (1948:10)...

"Serengeti" is often said to be derived from the word "seringit" in the Maasai language, Maa, meaning "endless plains".[dubious – discuss] However, this etymology...

in Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India Maasai people, an ethnic group in East Africa Maasai language, language of the Maasai ethnic group Masai (name), Kenyan...

However, the Mukogodo were later assimilated by the Maasai and adopted the Maa language. The Yaakunte language is today facing extinction but is undergoing a...

comes from the word "Olkeju-ado." Which means "The Long River" in the Maasai language. The seasonal river named after the town runs from West to the East...

lesser flamingoes. The lake's name comes from the word for salty in the Maasai language. It is 1730 metres above sea level. "Mindat.org". www.mindat.org. Retrieved...

international hip hop and traditional Maasai music, represented by Maasai singer Merege. While Merege sings in maa (Maasai language), the other members of the group...

Lotuko language Dongotono language Ongamo–Maa Ongamo language Maa languages Maasai language (see also Mukogodo-Maasai) Camus language Samburu language (see...

areas had been flooded. Nakuru means "Dust or Dusty Place" in the Maasai language. Lake Nakuru National Park, close to Nakuru town, was established in...

the Kikuyu language or from the Maasai language. It may relate to the Kikuyu word guthika, which means to bury. It also resembles the Maasai word sika...

means "God is gracious." Siana means "the plentiful springs" in the Maasai language. It is also a name used by Sikhs in India meaning "wise." The Bulgarian...

Maa language of the dominant Maasai tribe (including the Samburu) between 1925 and 1936. The variety of Maa they speak is called Mukogodo-Maasai. Old...

the Gorowa language (or dialect of Iraqw) to the south, the Nilotic Maasai language to the east, and the lake to the north. It shares about 70% vocabulary...

well, as in Maasai language (a Nilo-Saharan language spoken in Kenya and Tanzania) (Hyman, 2016): Because the Proto-Indo-European language was highly inflected...

his Maasai uncles who had stolen his father's cows from him. Masawahaba failed to pronounce the nickname of Nkisu meaning a bull in Maasai language, given...

paradigms: Tones are used to differentiate cases as well, as in Maasai language (a Nilo-Saharan language spoken in Kenya and Tanzania): Certain varieties of Chinese...

the region north-to-south. Oldonyo Lengai (Mountain of God in the Maasai language) is an active volcano to the north of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area...

languages are Kanuri, Fur, Songhay, Nobiin and the widespread Nilotic family, which includes the Luo, Dinka and Maasai. Most Nilo-Saharan languages are...

Greenberg, the language family is divided up into three subgroups: Eastern Nilotic languages such as Turkana and Maasai Southern Nilotic languages such as Kalenjin...

million Nilotic Dholuo 5.0 million Kalenjin languages 4.6 million (Kipsigis 1.9 million, Nandi 940,000) Maasai 1.2 (1.9 million including Tanzania) Turkana...

and the El Molo, former hunter-gatherers who spoke Cushitic languages, and the Mukogodo-Maasai (Yaaku), former bee-keepers and hunter-gatherers (Eastern...

of lexical similarity with Maasai, Samburu, and Camus. Speakers have shifted to Chagga, a dominant regional Bantu language. An expansion of Ngasa speakers...

(possibly) Meru Counties. The group spoke a common tongue related to the Maasai language, and typically herded cattle. The Loikop occasionally interacted with...

Kisankasa Maasai (682 thousand, 2016) Ngasa Ogiek Luo (185 thousand, 2009) Zinza language Sambaa language (660 thousand (2001)) Languages spoken by the...