Mai-Mai, commonly spelled Maay Maay (also known as Af-Maay, Af-Maymay, or simply Maay; the Mai-Mai spelling is rarely used but it is most often spoken), is a dialect of the Somali language of the Cushitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic family.[2] It is mainly spoken in Somalia and adjacent parts of Ethiopia and Kenya. In Somalia, it is spoken in South West state, Jubaland state, and Banadir. It is one of the dialects of the Somali language.[3]
^Mai-Mai at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024)
^Unraveling Somalia: Race, Class, and the Legacy of Slavery - Page 67
^The Shaping of Somali Society Reconstructing the History of a Pastoral People, 1600-1900 Page 23
Mai-Mai, commonly spelled MaayMaay (also known as Af-Maay, Af-Maymay, or simply Maay; the Mai-Mai spelling is rarely used but it is most often spoken)...
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state, which officially uses it in combination with the Af-Maay-tiri, commonly known as MaayMaay. The Somali language is spoken by ethnic Somalis in Greater...
However, Maay speakers often use Standard Somali as a lingua franca, which is learned via mass communications, internal migration and urbanization. Maay is...
of Konso. p. 11. Mc Laughlin (2005:100) Paster, Mary (2006). Aspects of Maay phonology and morphology. Pomona College.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location...
Bakool. Many do not follow a nomadic lifestyle, live further south, and speak Maay. Although in the past frequently classified as a Somali dialect, more recent...
Naaji, Mohamed Sulayman Tubeec enhance this genre in subsequent decades. Af Maay is sometimes classified as a separate language from Af Maaha or the ubiquitously...
Somali dialects are divided into three main groups: Northern, Benaadir and Maay. Northern Somali (or Northern-Central Somali) forms the basis for Standard...
Baidoa (Arabic: بيدوا, Somali: [Af-Maxaa: Baydhabo, Maay: Baydhowy) is the largest city of the South West State of Somalia. Between 2002 and 2014, Baidoa...
Bakool (Somali: Bakool, Maay: Bokool, Arabic: بكول) is a region (gobol) in southwestern Somalia. It is bordered by the Somali regions of Hiiraan, Bay and...
Lower Juba (Somali: Jubbada Hoose, Maay: Jubithy Hoosy, Arabic: جوبا السفلى, Italian: Basso Giuba) is an administrative region (gobol) in southern Somalia...
The Rahanweyn (Maay: Reewin, Northern Somali: Raxaweyn, Arabic: رحنوين), also known as the Digil and Mirifle (Somali: Digil iyo Mirifle) are a major Somali...
Qoryoley (Maay: Qornyooley, Somali: Qoryooley, Arabic: قوريولي) is a town in the Lower Shebelle region of south-west Somalia.. Its located 123kilometres...
Chhath puja are dedicated to the solar deity, Surya and her Sister Ranbay Maay(Chhathi Maiya), to show gratitude and thankfulness Saama-Chakeba: includes...
Religion Islam Christianity Traditional faiths Language Arabic Somali (MaayMaay) Soqotri Italian English Politics Parliament Military Economy Laws Symbols...
into two distinct groups, Digil and Maay and Benadir and Ashraaf, respectively: Somali Northern Benadir Ashraaf Maay Digil Northern Somali is spoken by...
Huazhuan into English Maimai languages, spoken in northern Papua New Guinea MaayMaay, or Mai-Mai, a language spoken in Somalia, Ethiopia, and Kenya Mai-Mai...
readily intelligible to Digil speakers, as it has some affinity with Af-Maay and Af-Boon. They constitute the carrier of pre-Hawiya clans: "They occur...
Religion Islam Christianity Traditional faiths Language Arabic Somali (MaayMaay) Soqotri Italian English Politics Parliament Military Economy Laws Symbols...
Religion Islam Christianity Traditional faiths Language Arabic Somali (MaayMaay) Soqotri Italian English Politics Parliament Military Economy Laws Symbols...
Garbahare (also: Garbaharey) (Somali: Garbaharey, Maay: Garbiharey, Arabic: جربهاري) is the capital of Gedo, an administrative region in southern Somalia...
Hudur (Somali: Xuddur, Maay: Hudur) is a town in the south western Bakool region of Somalia, inhabited by Mirifle Hadamo, jiroon, part of the Rahanweyn...
Religion Islam Christianity Traditional faiths Language Arabic Somali (MaayMaay) Soqotri Italian English Politics Parliament Military Economy Laws Symbols...
Many Mushunguli Bantu men also speak as working languages the Afro-Asiatic Maay and Somali languages of their Somali neighbors. There is no official or traditional...
(Af Ashraaf) may be similar in certain ways to both Northern Somali and Maay, it nonetheless boasts a number of unique properties, particularly in its...
Madobe (Somali: Aaden Maxamed Nuur Madoobe, Arabic: آدم محمد نور مادوبي, Maay: Sheeg Ethyng Mothoowy, born 15 April 1956), popularly known as Aden Madobe...
songs have been in Standard Somali, many of his early tunes were in the Maay dialect. His first mainstream song was "Hadaad diido hadalkayga" in 1974...
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