Livonia in 1534. Latvia's historic cultural regions and zones. Lithuania's ethnoregonal sub-regions. This is an attempt to find out the ethnic origins of the Baltic peoples, whether they are the ones of Finnic (Estonians, etc.) or Balt (Latvians, etc.) origins. The time frame is from the first human lived in the region to the rule of Medieval Teutonic Knights.
[oki] Manyara and Tanga regions; some south of Arusha among Maasai [mas] language speakers. Status: 8a (Moribund). Alternate Names: Akiek Classification: Nilo-Saharan, Eastern Sudanic, Nilotic, Southern, Kalenjin, Okiek Comments: Speakers in Tanzania and Kenya are not in touch with each other.
They are a smaller tribe, accounting for only about 0.7 percent of Kenya's population, with a similar number living in Tanzania. Maasais speak Maa, a Nilotic ethnic language from their origin in the Nile region of North Africa. The Samburu tribe is the closest to the Maasai in both language and cultural authenticity.