Alingua masai[1] é unhalingua nilótica oriental falada no sur deKenya e o norte deTanzania polopobo masai. Está estreitamente relacionado con outraslinguas maa, como osamburu (a lingua dopobo samburu de Kenya central), ou ochamus, falado no sur e sueste do Lago Baringo. Os masais, samburu, il-chamus e parakuyu están todos relacionados e todos chaman ás súas linguasɔl Maa. Dunha forma máis precisa, "maa" refírese á lingua, e a cultura e o pobos son os "maasai" ("os que falan maa").
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