Waata
| 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 |
| ELP | Sanye |
The Waata (Waat, Watha), or Sanye, are an Oromo-speaking people of Kenya and former hunter-gatherers. They share the name Sanye with the neighboring Dahalo.
The current language of the Waata may be a dialect of Orma or otherwise Southern Oromo. However, there is evidence that they may have shifted from a Southern Cushitic language, a group that includes Dahalo.[2]
See also[]
External links[]
References[]
- ^ Waata at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ^ Martin Walsh, 1992/1993. The Vuna and the Degere: Remnants and Outcasts among the Duruma and Digo of Kenya and Tanzania. Bulletin of the International Committee on Urgent Anthropological and Ethnological Research 34/35: 133–147.
Categories:
- Languages of Kenya
- Hunter-gatherers of Africa
- Afroasiatic language stubs