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| Selected languages: | Maasai |
| UPSID number: | 4204 |
| Alternate name(s): | N/A |
| Classification: | Nilo-Saharan, E. Sudanic |
| The languages has | 28 segments |
| Frequency index: | N/A |
| Sounds: | [p] [t] [k] [ɓ] [ɗ] [ʄ] [ɠ] [s] [ʃ] [tʃ] [ɾ] [r̥] [l] [w] [j] [m] [n] [ɲ] [ŋ] [ɪ] [iː] [ʊ] [uː] [eː] [o] [ɛ] [ɔ] [äː] |
| Comments: | Maasai has a vowel harmony system opposing i,e,a,o,u to the remaining vowels. There are two basic level tones. Voiced implosiv palatoalveolar affricate /ʄ/ is missing General: http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/%7Emaasai/Maa%20Language/maling.htm Phonology: http://www.archive.org/stream/rosettaproject_mas_phon-1#page/n5/mode/2up http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/%7Emaasai/Maa%20Language/maphon.htm |
| Sources: | 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. Modified accroding to Campbell, G. L. (1991): Short open back vowel /ɑ/ added Tucker, A.N. and Mpaayei, J.T.O. 1955. A Maasai Grammar (Publications of the African Institute, Leyden, 2). Longmans, London. |