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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Africa > Kenya > Dahalo

Dahalo

A language of Kenya

ISO 639-3dal

Population  400 (1992 M. Brenzinger). Ethnic population: 400.
Region  Coast Province, Lamu and Tana River districts, near Tana River mouth.
Language map  Kenya, reference number 8
Alternate names   Guo Garimani, Sanye
Classification  Afro-Asiatic, Cushitic, South
Language use  May have no remaining speakers. Shifting to Kiswahili [swh].
Comments  Different from Sanye [ssn] (Waata). The language has clicks, although unrelated to Khoisan languages. Traditional religion.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

RILLING, Art, author. 2012. "Sociolinguistic Surveys in Selected Kenyan Languages: The Boni/Dahalo Report."  Available online