HADZA: a language of Tanzania

The following is the entry for this language as it appeared in the 14th edition (2000).
It was superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005). See also the corresponding entry in the current edition of Ethnologue.

SIL code: HTS

ISO 639-2: khi

Population 200 (1987). 
Region Some distance northwest of the Sandawe, southeast of Lake Victoria, Singida, Arusha, and Shinyanga regions, near Lake Eyasi.
Alternate names   HATSA, HADZAPI, HADZABI, KINDIGA, 'TINDIGA', WAKINDIGA, KANGEJU
Classification Khoisan, Hatsa.
Comments Bali may be a dialect. Nomadic. Pressures from outside are resulting in less land, food, and more disease. Swamps, wilderness. Hunter-gatherers. Traditional religion, Christian.

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