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2 unusual facts about Maasai language


Maasai language

Sonjo language, the language of a Bantu enclave in Maasai territory

Yaaku people

As a result of this decision the Yaaku almost completely gave up their Cushitic language Yaaku for the Eastern Nilotic Maasai language between 1925 and 1936.


Datooga language

The name is variously spelled Datog, Tatoga, or Tatog. The Sukuma name Taturu is also sometimes used in English; the Swahili name Mang'ati comes from Maasai, where it means "enemy".

Hamitic

In 1912, Carl Meinhof published Die Sprachen der Hamiten (The Languages of the Hamites) in which he expanded Lepsius's model, adding the Fula, Maasai, Bari, Nandi, Sandawe and Hadza languages to the Hamitic group.

Lake Manyara

The name Manyara comes from the Maasai word emanyara, which is a euphorbia species of plant that is grown into a hedge around a family homestead (Euphorbia tirucalli).

Terrat

One project is an FM radio station Orkonerei FM Radio Service, broadcasting primarily in Maa and Swahili.


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