Af-Maay
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| Maay or Maay Maay af Maay |
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| Spoken in: | Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya significant communities in North America, and Yemen. | |
| Total speakers: | 1,5-2 million native and at least 200,000 second language speakers. | |
| Language family: | Afro-Asiatic Cushitic East Maay or Maay Maay |
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| Official status | ||
| Official language of: | Somalia | |
| Regulated by: | no official regulation | |
| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1: | so | |
| ISO 639-2: | som | |
| ISO 639-3: | som | |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. See IPA chart for English for an English-based pronunciation key. | ||
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The Maay language, also known as Af Maay or Afmaay, is a member of the East Cushitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic family and is written using the Latin alphabet. It is spoken mostly in Somalia and adjacent parts of Ethiopia and Kenya. Its speakers are known as Sab Somalis. The capital of the language is Baidoa.
