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Maasai or Masai (English pronunciation: /ˈmɑːsaɪ/; autonym: ɔl Maa) is an Eastern Nilotic language spoken in Southern Kenya and Northern Tanzania by the Maasai people numbering about 800000. It is closely related to the other Maa varieties: Samburu (or Sampur) the language of the Samburu people of central Kenya Chamus spoken south and southeast of Lake Baringo (sometimes regarded as a dialect of Samburu); and Parakuyu of Tanzania.