Af-Maay

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Maay or Maay Maay
af Maay
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
   Somali
    Maay or Maay Maay 
Official status
Official language in: Somalia
Regulated by: no official regulation
Language codes
ISO 639-1: so
ISO 639-2:
ISO 639-3: ymm
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Maay (also known as Af Maay, Afmaay, Af-Maay Tiri, Af-May, Af-Maymay, Rahanween, Rahanweyn) 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.

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