Endangered Languages Project - Sanye

Sanye

^{[aka Oromo (Waata), Sanya, Wasanye]}

Classification: Afro-Asiatic

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vulnerable

ALSO KNOWN AS		Oromo (Waata), Sanya, Wasanye, Ariangulu, Langulo, Waata, Waat
CLASSIFICATION		Afro-Asiatic, Cushitic, Lowland East Cushitic
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		ssn
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

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Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)” . M. Paul Lewis · SIL International

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
17,400
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 2006

MORE ON VITALITY

The number of speakers is increasing.

Ethnic population
<20,000

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

PLACES: Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "[The Waata] live in scattered territorial groups along the Tana and Galana rivers and in the Taru Desert in eastern Kenya, on the Kenyan coast, in Isiolo and Marsabit districts in northern Kenya, and in parts of souther, central and western Ethiopia, as well as on the shores of Lake Tana. They may also extend into Tanzania."

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