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Maa languages

The Maa languages are a group of closely related Eastern Nilotic languages (or from a linguistic perspective, dialects, as they appear to be mutually intelligible) spoken in parts of Kenya and Tanzania by more than a million speakers. They are subdivided into North and South Maa. The Maa languages are related to the Lotuko languages spoken in South Sudan.

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Geographic distribution
Kenya and northern Tanzania
Glottolog
onga1238
Linguistic classification
Eastern SudanicSouthern EasternNiloticEasternAteker-Lotuko-MaaLotuko–MaaOngamo-MaaMaa · Southern EasternNiloticEasternAteker-Lotuko-MaaLotuko–MaaOngamo-MaaMaa · NiloticEasternAteker-Lotuko-MaaLotuko–MaaOngamo-MaaMaa · EasternAteker-Lotuko-MaaLotuko–MaaOngamo-MaaMaa · Ateker-Lotuko-MaaLotuko–MaaOngamo-MaaMaa
Subdivisions
Samburu · Camus · Maasai

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Maa languages

Nodes29
Edges28
Triples13
Avg. degree1.93
Density0.068966
Components1

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Linguistic classification · 8
Maa languages → Ateker-Lotuko-MaaLotuko–MaaOngamo-MaaMaa, Eastern SudanicSouthern EasternNiloticEasternAteker-Lotuko-MaaLotuko–MaaOngamo-MaaMaa, EasternAteker-Lotuko-MaaLotuko–MaaOngamo-MaaMaa, Lotuko–MaaOngamo-MaaMaa, Maa, NiloticEasternAteker-Lotuko-MaaLotuko–MaaOngamo-MaaMaa, Ongamo-MaaMaa, Southern EasternNiloticEasternAteker-Lotuko-MaaLotuko–MaaOngamo-MaaMaa
Subdivisions · 3
Maa languages → Camus, Maasai, Samburu
Geographic distribution · 1
Maa languages → Kenya and northern Tanzania
Glottolog · 1
Maa languages → onga1238

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maa languages tanzania kenya eastern maasai spoken nilotic linguistic language vossen speakers related south kore somali northern southern lotuko samburu

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Maa languagesGeographic distributionKenya and northern Tanzania1.00infobox
Maa languagesGlottologonga12381.00infobox
Maa languagesLinguistic classificationEastern SudanicSouthern EasternNiloticEasternAteker-Lotuko-MaaLotuko–MaaOngamo-MaaMaa1.00infobox
Maa languagesLinguistic classificationSouthern EasternNiloticEasternAteker-Lotuko-MaaLotuko–MaaOngamo-MaaMaa1.00infobox
Maa languagesLinguistic classificationNiloticEasternAteker-Lotuko-MaaLotuko–MaaOngamo-MaaMaa1.00infobox
Maa languagesLinguistic classificationEasternAteker-Lotuko-MaaLotuko–MaaOngamo-MaaMaa1.00infobox
Maa languagesLinguistic classificationAteker-Lotuko-MaaLotuko–MaaOngamo-MaaMaa1.00infobox
Maa languagesLinguistic classificationLotuko–MaaOngamo-MaaMaa1.00infobox
Maa languagesLinguistic classificationOngamo-MaaMaa1.00infobox
Maa languagesLinguistic classificationMaa1.00infobox
Maa languagesSubdivisionsSamburu1.00infobox
Maa languagesSubdivisionsCamus1.00infobox
Maa languagesSubdivisionsMaasai1.00infobox

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