ISO 639-3 · ymmymm
Afroasiatic family
Maay
Maay is a language of the East Cushitic branch (Afroasiatic), spoken in Somalia. Wikidata describes it as “Cushitic language”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
ymm- Glottocode
maay1238- Family
- Afroasiatic
- EGIDS
- 5 Developing
- Wikipedia
- 14 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
1scripts
3levels in the tree
5EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Maay |
|---|---|
| Also called | Mai-Mai language |
| Written in | Latin script |
Vitality
EGIDS 5 Developing5
Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Afroasiatic to Maay
The branches above Maay, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Somalia
araArabicAfroasiatic · 315.4 mSafeswhKiswahiliNiger–Congo · 98.3 m1 · NationalormOromoAfroasiatic · 36 mamhAmharicAfroasiatic · 25 m1 · NationalsomSomaliAfroasiatic · 16.2 m1 · NationalswaSwahiliNiger–Congo · 15.4 mayhHadhrami ArabicAfroasiatic · 4.5 m6a · VigorousxmaMushunguluNiger–Congo · 23,0006b · ThreatenedgaxBoranaAfroasiatic5 · DevelopingtqqTunniAfroasiatic6b · Threatened