Eastern Sudanic family
Maasai
c. 1500 CE – today Living
Maasai (c. 1500 CE – today) is a living Eastern Sudanic language. Lineage: Proto-Eastern Sudanic → Proto-Nilotic → Maasai.
See Maasai on the interactive map- ISO 639-3
- mas
- Glottocode
- masa1300
Eastern Nilotic language of southern Kenya and northern Tanzania; intermediate Eastern Nilotic node not tracked.
Lineage
- Proto-Eastern Sudanicc. 6,000 BCE – 4,000 BCE
- Proto-Niloticc. 3,000 BCE – 1,500 BCE
- Maasaic. 1500 CE – today
Sister languages 2
Also descended from Proto-Nilotic.