Native to Kenya ISO 639-3 ssn | Native speakers 13,000 (2009 census) Glottolog waat1238 | |
Region Lamu District, Tana River Language family Afro-Asiatic
Cushitic
Lowland East
Oromoid
Oromo
Southern Oromo?
Waata | ||
Waata (Waat, Watha), or Sanye, is an Oromo language spoken by former hunter-gatherers in Kenya. It shares the name Sanye with neighboring Dahalo.
Waata may be a dialect of Orma or otherwise Southern Oromo.
References
Waata language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA