Maay, or Maay Maay, is spoken within Britain's Somali community, the largest in Europe, which the 2021 census recorded at around 176,000 people by ethnicity in England and Wales, concentrated in London and in Birmingham, Bristol, Manchester and Leicester. It is the language of the Digil and Mirifle (Rahanweyn) clans of southern Somalia and only partly intelligible with the standard northern Somali most Somalis use. Much of this community arrived through the asylum system, so our Maay work is mainly interpreting: Home Office interviews, immigration and asylum tribunals, and NHS and court appointments where a Maay speaker is not fully served by standard Somali. Maay has around 2.75 million speakers, almost all in southern Somalia.
Prism Linguistics provides Maay translation, interpreting and transcription across the UK in 300+ languages. Whether you need a certified document for the Home Office, a court interpreter, an NHS appointment or a business meeting, our vetted native-speaker linguists are ready to help.
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