Maasai people

ethnic group inhabiting Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda
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Maasai people

Summary

Maasai people is a people[1]. They ranks in the top 5% of people entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (33,043 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Maasai was Maasai people's native language[3].
  • Maasai people's religion is recorded as Christianity[4].
  • Maasai people is in the country of Kenya[5].
  • Maasai people is in the country of Tanzania[6].
  • Maasai people's instance of is recorded as people[7].
  • Maasai people's instance of is recorded as ethnic group[8].
  • Maasai people is a type of indigenous peoples of Africa[9].
  • Maasai people is a type of Nilotic peoples[10].
  • Maasai people's Commons category is recorded as Maasai[11].
  • Maasai people's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Maasai[12].
  • Maasai people has a population of {'amount': '+850000'}[13].
  • Maasai people's described by source is recorded as National Encyclopedia of Uzbekistan[14].
  • Maasai people's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[15].
  • Maasai people's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[16].
  • Maasai people's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[17].
  • Maasai people's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[18].
  • Maasai people's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[19].
  • Maasai people's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[20].
  • Maasai people's P14541 is recorded as 27cTQq[21].

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Origins and Family

Maasai was Maasai people's native language[3].

Personal Life

Maasai people's religion is recorded as Christianity[4].

Why It Matters

Maasai people ranks in the top 5% of people entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (33,043 views/month).[2] They has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] They is known by 76 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 9d ago · Printstream · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'arz', 'as', 'ast', 'az', 'azb', 'ba', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'bg', 'bo'
    Gnd id → 4074616-1
    Sitelink count → 86
    Claims rich → —
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/56529|batch #56529]]: Import GNDs from dewiki"
  2. 26d ago · Bischrob · 2026-09-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sociomap id → SM306091
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P14249]]: SM306091, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1789071553872"
  3. 10w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → masai-african-people
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: masai-african-people, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289942725|masai african people (#289942725)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/79"
  4. 12w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 27cTQq
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  5. 16w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0256530-Masajove
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0256530-Masajove, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259493|batch #259493]]"
  6. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Aliases → —
    Population → —
    Country → Kenya, Tanzania
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|11 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 16087, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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