Ethnicity Shatt | Native speakers 30,000 (2014) | |
Language family Nilo-Saharan?Eastern SudanicKir–AbbaianDajuEasternShatt | ||
The Shatt language is an Eastern Sudanic language of the Daju family spoken in the Shatt Hills (part of the Nuba Mountains) southwest of Kaduqli in South Kurdufan province in southern Sudan. The designation "Shatt" is an Arabic word meaning "dispersed" and is applied to several distinct groups in the Nuba Mountains. "Caning" is their own name for themselves.
References
Shatt language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA