Maasai language and pronunciation

Title: Maasai language and pronunciation Category: Maasai Clicks: 10 Listing added: Feb 7, 2008 PageRank: 0/10

Maasai (ol-Maa)
The Maasai or Masai language is a member of the East Niolitic branch of the Nilo-Saharan language family. There are about 900,000 Masai speakers in Kenya and Tanzania. The term Maasai refers to "one who speaks the Maa language".

Maasai pronunciation


*/ww/ and /yy/ are pronounced fortis.

Tones indication
� rising tone
a level tone
� falling tone
� falling tone

Sample text in Masai
�r� d�� ap� �naa en�yy�lo na� �r� ta�, �r� ta� n�aj�, �r� d�� �naa enap�k�t� ear�y, n�a k�yt�rr�sh��k� n�aj� �n� ww�j� am� �r� ap�, n�et�y ap�, n�et�y ap� oltuŋ�n� oj� ap� Inkim�s.

Translation
As far as what I know from a long time ago, like the time there was fighting I can remember a lot about that time because a long time ago, there was...At that time there was a person named Inkimis.

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