Waata

Waata
Waata
Sanye
Native to	Kenya
Region	Lamu District, Tana River
Native speakers	20,000 (2019 census)
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Cushitic Lowland East Oromoid Oromo Southern Oromo? Waata; ; ; ; ; ;
Writing system	Latin (limited use)
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.^[2]

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.^[3]

References

^ Waata at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023)
^ Ville, Jean-Luc (1995). "The Waata of Tsavo-Galana: hunting and trading in their semi-arid coastal hinterland". Kenya Past and Present (27): 21–27.
^ 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.

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[e26-1] Waata at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023)

[2] Ville, Jean-Luc (1995). "The Waata of Tsavo-Galana: hunting and trading in their semi-arid coastal hinterland". Kenya Past and Present (27): 21–27.

[Walsh-3] 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.

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