Waata language

Waata
Sanye
Native to	Kenya
Region	Lamu District, Tana River
Native speakers	13,000 (2009 census)^[1]
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Cushitic Lowland East Oromoid Oromo Southern Oromo? Waata
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

www.watha.org

References

↑ Waata at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Waata". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

Languages of Kenya

Official languages

Indigenous languages

Bantu	Bajuni Digo Embu Gusii Idaxo-Isuxa-Tiriki Ilwana Kamba Khayo Kikuyu Kuria Logoli Marachi Meru Nyole Pokomo Samia Suba Taita West Nyala

Cushitic	Aweer Burji Daasanach Dahalo El Molo Orma Oromo Rendille Somali Southern Oromo Waata Yaaku

Nilo-Saharan	Kipsigis Luo Maasai Naandi Ogiek Omotik Pökoot Samburu Tugen Turkana

Sign languages

Kenyan Sign Language

Cushitic languages

Beja

Beja

Agaw

Highland East

Lowland East

Saho–Afar	Afar Saho

Oromoid	Borana Eastern Oromo Orma Oromo Waata

Konsoid	Bussa Dirasha Gato Konso Mashile Turo

(West) Omo–Tana	Arbore Daasanach El Molo

Rendille–Boni	Baiso Boni Rendille

Somali	Dabarre Garre Jiiddu Maay Somali Ashraf Benadiri Tunni

Other	Boon Dahalo Girirra Ongota Yaaku

Dullay

South

Italics indicate extinct languages

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