| Language name: | MAASAI |
| UPSID number: | 4204 |
| Alternate name(s): | |
| Classification: | Nilo-Saharan, East Sudanic |
| This language has | 28 segments |
| Its Frequency index is | 0.435223313 (average percentage of segments; 0.1: many very rare segments; 0.39: average; 0.7: many common segments) |
| The language has these sounds: | p b< dj< k g< tS S m nj N r[ i I e E a u U o O j w t d< s n hr l |
| Comment: | Maasai has a vowel harmony system opposing i,e,a,o,u to the remaining vowels. There are two basic level tones. |
| Source(s): | Tucker, A.N. and Bryan, M.A. 1966. Linguistic Analyses: the Non-Bantu Languages of North-Eastern Africa. Oxford University Press for International African Institute, London. Tucker, A.N. and Mpaayei, J.T.O. 1955. A Maasai Grammar (Publications of the African Institute, Leyden, 2). Longmans, London. |