Shatt language

Shatt language

language
name=Shatt
nativename=Canning
familycolor=Nilo-Saharan
states=Sudan
region=Northern Sudan
speakers=15,000 (1984)
fam2=Eastern Sudanic
fam3=Daju
iso2=ssa|iso3=shj|

The Shatt language is a Nilo-Saharan language spoken in the Shatt Hills in northern Sudan. It is a member of the Daju language group of the Western branch of Nilo-Saharan.

External links

* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=shj Ethologue Report on Shatt Language]


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