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Maa
Geographic
distribution
Kenya and northern Tanzania
Linguistic classificationNilo-Saharan?
  • Eastern Sudanic
    • Southern Eastern
      • Nilotic
        • Eastern
          • Ateker-Lotuko-Maa
            • Lotuko–Maa
              • Ongamo-Maa
                • Maa
Subdivisions
  • Samburu
  • Camus
  • Maasai
Glottologonga1238

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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