Waata language
| Waata | |
|---|---|
| Sanye | |
| Native to | Kenya |
| Region | Lamu District, Tana River |
Native speakers | 13,000 (2009 census)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
ssn |
| Glottolog |
waat1238[2] |
Waata (Waat, Watha), or Sanye, is an Oromo language spoken by former hunter-gatherers in Kenya. It shares the name Sanye with neighboring Dahalo.
Waata may be a dialect of Orma or otherwise Southern Oromo.
External links
References
- ↑ Waata at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Waata". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
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