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ISO 639-3 · masmas
Nilo-Saharan family

Maasai

Maasai is a language of the Eastern Nilotic branch (Nilo-Saharan), spoken in Kenya and Tanzania. Wikidata describes it as “Eastern Nilotic language”.

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Wikidata recordGlottolog
At a glance
ISO 639-3
mas
Glottocode
masa1300
Wikipedia
36 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
2countries
1scripts
4levels in the tree
5EGIDS level

Facts

NameMaasai
Also calledMasai, Maasai, Masai, Maasai language, Maa language, Maa
Written inLatin script

Vitality

EGIDS 5 Developing5

Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.

Other languages at this level
family tree

From Nilo-Saharan to Maasai

The branches above Maasai, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.

160Nilo-Saharanfamily77Eastern Sudanicbranch46Niloticbranch15Eastern NiloticbranchmasMaasailanguage
where it is spoken

Map and countries

A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.

Map of the area where Maasai is spoken
Map: I created this map. · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Kenya68 languages in the indexTanzania117 languages in the index

Also spoken in Kenya

engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalaraArabicAfroasiatic · 315.4 mSafepanPunjabiunclassified · 125 mSafeswhKiswahiliNiger–Congo · 98.3 m1 · NationaltamTamilDravidian · 83 m2 · ProvincialormOromoAfroasiatic · 36 msomSomaliAfroasiatic · 16.2 m1 · NationalswaSwahiliNiger–Congo · 15.4 mkikGikuyuNiger–Congo · 6.6 m5 · DevelopingayhHadhrami ArabicAfroasiatic · 4.5 m6a · Vigorous