Kabila›Ethnic groups›Maasai
Indigenous
Maasai
Ilmaasai
Also known as: Masai
KenyaTanzaniaPatrilineal lineageMaa13 sub-groups
Language
Maa
Language family
Nilo-Saharan › Nilotic › Eastern Nilotic
Lineage system
Patrilineal
Population
1,500,000
How they identify
NoteSection membership is the primary identity layer. 'Ndi Olpurko' (I am of Ilpurko).
PeopleIlmaasai
HomelandMaasailand (Narok, Kajiado counties Kenya; Arusha, Manyara Tanzania)
Person maleOlmaasai
Person femaleEntoiye
Sub-groups (13)
Ilaitayiok
Ilaitayiok
→
Ilarusa
Ilarusa
→
Ildamat
Oldamat
→
Ilkaputiei
Ilkaputiei
→
Ilkeekonyokie
Ilkeekonyokie
→
Ilkisonko
Olkisonko
→
Ilmatapato
Olmatapato
→
Ilmoitanik
Ilmoitanik
→
Iloitai
Iloitai
→
Iloodokilani
Iloodokilani
→
Ilpurko
Olpurko
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Ilwuasinkishu
Olwuasinkishu
→
Isiria
Isiria
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Sources
  • 2019 Kenya Population and Housing Census, Vol. IV, KNBS, 2019
  • Being Maasai: Ethnicity and Identity in East Africa, Spear, T. & Waller, R. (eds.), 1993
  • Maasai people — Wikipedia
At a glance
Group nameMaasai
EndonymIlmaasai
LanguageMaa
LineagePatrilineal
Population1,500,000
Sub-groups13 documented
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