Assa (ethnic group)
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The Assa are an ethnic and linguistic group based on the Maasai Steppe of northern Tanzania
. In 1999 the Assa population was estimated to number 300, after the eastern Assa became absorbed into the Maasai. The Assa language is a Afro-Asiatic one called Aasáx
, though it is often mistakenly labelled Dorobo
.
Tanzania
The United Republic of Tanzania is a country in East Africa bordered by Kenya and Uganda to the north, Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west, and Zambia, Malawi, and Mozambique to the south. The country's eastern borders lie on the Indian Ocean.Tanzania is a state...
. In 1999 the Assa population was estimated to number 300, after the eastern Assa became absorbed into the Maasai. The Assa language is a Afro-Asiatic one called Aasáx
Aasáx
The Asa language, Aasáx was apparently a Cushitic language spoken by the Assa people in Tanzania. The language is extinct; ethnic Assa in northern Tanzania remember only a few words they overheard their elders use...
, though it is often mistakenly labelled Dorobo
Dorobo
Dorobo is a derogatory umbrella term for several unrelated hunter-gatherer groups of Kenya and Tanzania....
.