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ALSO KNOWN AS		Sandaui, Sandaweeki, Sandwe, Kisandawe, Sandawi
CLASSIFICATION		Isolate, African
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		sad
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Information from: “The twelve modern Khoisan languages” . Matthias Brenzinger (2011)

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
60,000
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"Estimates for numbers of speakers range from 90000 to 30000. The 'Atlasi ya Lugha za Tanzania' published by the University of Dar es Salaam in 2009 is somewhere in the middle, with a total of 65935 Sandawe speakers."

PLACES: Central Tanzania

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
40,000
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 2000

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
40,000
Native speakers worldwide

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: "Most Sandawe also speak Swahili [conversational fluency]"

PLACES: Kondoa district of central Tanzania

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
40,000
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"Children are still using Sandawe at the moment, and all believed that they would continue to do so in the future"

PLACES: Kondoa district of central Tanzania

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "Taking the village of Kwa Mtoro as the geographical centre of the Sandawe-speaking area, there are three main groups of Sandawe villages, which cluster along three of the four roads leading out of Kwa Mtoro."

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~40,000
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
40,000
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"We estimate that there are approximately 40,000 Sandawe. A figure of between 70,000 and 90,000 has also been suggested (Wright et al. 1995:1)."

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: "Interaction often takes place between the Sandawe and the other ethnic groups living among them, though conversation is normally carried out in Swahili. Some people from other ethnic backgrounds report being able to understand Sandawe, but the language is rarely spoken by non-Sandawe. ... Along the main road through the area where the Sandawe people live (Dodoma – Kwa Mtoro – Singida), most Sandawe also speak Swahili, although the level of proficiency has not been determined. Some of the older people have a very limited understanding of Swahili and do not speak it. In the more remote areas, we have even met teenagers who do not know Swahili. Children attending school, however, are required to learn Swahili and teaching is in Swahili."

PLACES: Tanzania

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "The Sandawe people live north of Dodoma in the Kondoa District of central Tanzania. The area populated by the Sandawe is about 50 km in diameter from north to south and from east to west. In addition, a relatively large group of Sandawe lives on the outskirts of Arusha."

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~25,000
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"...etwa 25.000 Sprecher."

PLACES: Tanzania

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Central Tanzania

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: "Sandawe (Sandawí), Ethnonym bzw. Sprache einer ehemals von der Jagd und Sammlertätihkeit lebenden Bevölkerung in Zentral-Tanzania, im Gebiet westlich der Straße von Dodoma nach Kondoa..."

			2007	A Sandawe Dialect Survey						SIL Electronic Survey Reports	2007-014		http://www.sil.org/silesr/abstract.asp?ref=2007-014	Helen Eaton and Daniel Hunziker and Elisabeth Hunziker	Eaton, Helen, Daniel Hunziker and Elisabeth Hunziker. 2007. "A Sandawe Dialect Survey." In SIL Electronic Survey Reports, 2007-014: Online: http://www.sil.org/silesr/abstract.asp?ref=2007-014.	HHOLD		40,000		10000-99999	"Children are still using Sandawe at the moment, and all believed that they would continue to do so in the future"					Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)		Kondoa district of central Tanzania	"Taking the village of Kwa Mtoro as the geographical centre of the Sandawe-speaking area, there are three main groups of Sandawe villages, which cluster along three of the four roads leading out of Kwa Mtoro."	-5.219511, 35.426788
0199255911			2005	The World Atlas of Language Structures				Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer	Oxford University Press			New York			2005. "The World Atlas of Language Structures." edited by Bernard Comrie et al. Oxford University Press.															-5.0,35.0
		16	2009	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)				M. Paul Lewis	SIL International			Dallas, TX	http://www.ethnologue.com/		Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)	ll_pub		40,000	2000	10000-99999						Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
	SIL e-books, #20		2010	A Sandawe grammar		206			SIL International			Dallas		Eaton, Helen Catherine	Eaton, Helen Catherine. 2010. "A Sandawe Grammar." 206. SIL International.	EBALL		40,000		10000-99999			Swahili	"Most Sandawe also speak Swahili [conversational fluency]"	Most	Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)		Kondoa district of central Tanzania
			2011	The twelve modern Khoisan languages	Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on Khoisan Languages and Linguistics									Matthias Brenzinger	Matthias Brenzinger. 2011. "The Twelve Modern Khoisan Languages." In Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on Khoisan Languages and Linguistics,			60,000		10000-99999	"Estimates for numbers of speakers range from 90000 to 30000. The 'Atlasi ya Lugha za Tanzania' published by the University of Dar es Salaam in 2009 is somewhere in the middle, with a total of 65935 Sandawe speakers."					Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)		Central Tanzania		-5.342583, 35.562744
9783496001461			1983	Lexikon der Afrikanistik: afrikanische Sprachen und ihre Erforschung		351, 3 maps	Includes brief sections on a variety of subjects, e.g. “Bantoid” by Wilhem Möhlig (p. 40-41), “Chaga” by Wilhem Möhlig (p. 60), “Kavangosprachen” by Wilhem Möhlig (p. 124-125), “Khoisansprachen” by J.C. Winter (p. 125-127), “Mbugu” by Wilhem Möhlig (p. 158-159), “Niger-Kordofanisch” by Wilhem Möhlig (p. 175-176), “Süd-Kuschitisch” by Andrzej Zaborski (p. 233), “Sprachpolitik in Afrika” by Ayo Bamgbose (p. 224-226), “Yoruba” by Ayo Bamgbose (p. 271-272).		Dietrich Reimer Verlag			Berlin		Jungraithmayr, Herrmann and Möhlig, Wilhelm Johann Georg	Herrmann Jungraithmayr and Wilhelm Johann Georg Möhlig. 1983. "Lexikon Der Afrikanistik: Afrikanische Sprachen Und Ihre Erforschung." 351, 3 maps. Dietrich Reimer Verlag.	EBALL		~25,000		10000-99999	"...etwa 25.000 Sprecher."					Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	"Sandawe (Sandawí), Ethnonym bzw. Sprache einer ehemals von der Jagd und Sammlertätihkeit lebenden Bevölkerung in Zentral-Tanzania, im Gebiet westlich der Straße von Dodoma nach Kondoa..."	Tanzania	Central Tanzania
	SIL electronic working papers (SILEWP), #2008-004		2008	A description of the phonology of the Sandawe language					SIL International			Dallas		Hunziker, Daniel and Hunziker, Elisabeth and Eaton, Helen Catherine	Hunziker, Daniel, Elisabeth Hunziker and Helen Catherine Eaton. 2008. "A Description of the Phonology of the Sandawe Language." SIL International.	EBALL	40,000	~40,000		10000-99999	"We estimate that there are approximately 40,000 Sandawe. A figure of between 70,000 and 90,000 has also been suggested (Wright et al. 1995:1)."	School; with non-Sandawe	Swahili	"Interaction often takes place between the Sandawe and the other ethnic groups living among them, though conversation is normally carried out in Swahili. Some people from other ethnic backgrounds report being able to understand Sandawe, but the language is rarely spoken by non-Sandawe. ... Along the main road through the area where the Sandawe people live (Dodoma – Kwa Mtoro – Singida), most Sandawe also speak Swahili, although the level of proficiency has not been determined. Some of the older people have a very limited understanding of Swahili and do not speak it. In the more remote areas, we have even met teenagers who do not know Swahili. Children attending school, however, are required to learn Swahili and teaching is in Swahili."	Most	Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)		Tanzania	"The Sandawe people live north of Dodoma in the Kondoa District of central Tanzania. The area populated by the Sandawe is about 50 km in diameter from north to south and from east to west. In addition, a relatively large group of Sandawe lives on the outskirts of Arusha."

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Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

60,000

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

40,000

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

40,000

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

40,000

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~40,000

Vulnerable

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~25,000

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Sandawe

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Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

60,000

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

40,000

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

40,000

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

40,000

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~40,000

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~25,000

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