Shatt is an ethnic group in
Sudan located in the northern Shatt Hills southwest of
Kadugli
Kaduqli or Kadugli ( ar, كادوقلي ' Sudanese pronunciation: ) is the capital city of South Kordofan State, Sudan. It is located south of El-Obeid, at the northern edge of the White Nile plain in the Nuba Mountains. It contains H ...
in
South Kordofan
South Kordofan ( ar, جنوب كردفان ') is one of the 18 wilayat or states of Sudan. It has an area of 158,355 km² and an estimated population of approximately 1,100,000 people (2000).[Daju people
The Daju people are a group of seven distinct ethnicities speaking related languages (see Daju languages) living on both sides of the Chad- Sudan border and in the Nuba Mountains. Separated by distance and speaking different languages, at presen ...]
. They speak
Shatt, a Nilo-Saharan language. Most members of this ethnic group are Muslims. The population of the Shatt exceeds 15,000.
Ethnologue: Shatt people
retrieved May 3, 2013
References
External sources
Gurtong Peace project: "Shatt (Thuri)"Language Map of Sudan
Huffman, Steve
Ethnic groups in Sudan
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