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Maa languages

African Language Families

The Maa languages are a group of closely related Eastern Nilotic languages 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.

Facts
Partially Attested
Speaker Count
1,000,000 1
Source gives only a lower bound, more than a million speakers; 1000000 is the floor, not an exact count.
Region
Kenya and northern Tanzania 1
Proto-Language Status
Reconstructed (Proto-Ongamo-Maa, Vossen and Rottland 1989) 1
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Maa languages
  • Infobox, region
    Kenya and northern Tanzania
  • Introduction
    more than a million speakers
  • Reconstruction
    Proto-Ongamo-Maa has been reconstructed by Vossen & Rottland (1989).
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