Lotuxo Maa languages
The Lotuxo-Maa languages are a subgroup within the East Nilotic languages in the Nilo-Saharan language family . It comprises eight languages spoken in different regions of East Africa and is divided into the Lotuxo group (spoken in South Sudan ) and the Ongamo Maa group (in Kenya and Tanzania ).
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Lotuxo
- Lotuko or Otuho, language of the Lotuko - in the south of South Sudan in the Torit district, approx. 135,000 speakers
- Dongotono - in South Sudan, southeast of Torit, around 6,200 speakers
- Lango - in South Sudan, Torit district, around 20,000 speakers (not to be confused with the Lango spoken in Uganda )
- Lokoya - in South Sudan, Torit District, around 40,000 speakers
- Lopit - in South Sudan, northeast of Torit, around 50,000 speakers
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Ongamo-Maa
- Maa - the language of the Maasai and Samburu , in southern Kenya and northern Tanzania, a total of around 880,000 speakers
- Ongamo (Ngasa) - in Tanzania, eastern foothills of Kilimanjaro , only a few speakers left