Maasai language

Title: Maasai language Category: Maasai Clicks: 8 Listing added: Feb 7, 2008 PageRank: 0/10

The Maasai speak Maa, a Nilotic language that originates from the Nile region. Nilotic simply means �of the Nile�. Maasai translates as �one who speaks the Maa language.�


Few other peoples speak or incorporate Maa in their own tongue including the Ndorobo, Njemps, Mukugodo, Rendille, Samburu, Arusha, Baraguyu, Parakuyu, Sonjo and those Elmolo who live on the eastern shore of Lake Turkana. However it is the Maasai who originally spoke Maa.


The Maa language can now be found in written form, although the process of properly documenting it are in the early stages.

There is a Maa/English dictionary which is sold in East Africa by Frans Mol (Dutch missionary) called Maasai Language & Culture Dictionary, published in 1996.


There is also a Bible and a few other publications in Maa.


Maasai school children have classes in Maa but learn the National languages of Swahili and English

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