The Shatt language is an
Eastern Sudanic language
In most classifications, the Eastern Sudanic languages are a group of nine families of languages that may constitute a branch of the Nilo-Saharan language family. Eastern Sudanic languages are spoken from southern Egypt to northern Tanzania.
Nub ...
of the
Daju family spoken in the Shatt Hills (part of the
Nuba Mountains
The Nuba Mountains ( ar, جبال النوبة), also referred to as the Nuba Hills, is an area located in South Kordofan, Sudan. The area is home to a group of indigenous ethnic groups known collectively as the Nuba peoples. In the Middle Ages ...
) southwest of
Kaduqli in
South Kurdufan province in southern
Sudan.
Villages are Shatt Daman, Shatt Safia, and Shatt Tebeldia (''Ethnologue'', 22nd edition).
Names
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. Speakers refer to their language as ''ìkkɨ̀ cánnìñ'' ('mouth, language').
[Boyeldieu, Pascal. 2011. The modified form of Shatt Damam nouns and its Daju cognates. Afrika und Übersee 91. 9-84.]
References
External links
Ethnologue Language map for Nuba Hills region of SudanLanguage Map of Sudan
Huffman, Steve
Caning (Shatt) basic lexicon at the Global Lexicostatistical Database
Daju languages
Severely endangered languages
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