Asa people

This article is about the ethnic group in Tanzania. For the ethnic group in Nigeria, see Asa people (Nigeria).

The Assa are an ethnic group based on the Maasai Steppe in Manyara Region, Tanzania. In 1999, they were estimated to number around 300 individuals, after the eastern Assa were assimilated into the Maasai.^[1] The Assa once spoke the Aasáx language, ambiguously called "Dorobo", which probably belonged to the Afro-Asiatic language family,^[2]

See also

• List of ethnic groups in Tanzania
• Manyara Region