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Sandawe

A language of Tanzania

ISO 639-3: sad

Population	40,000 (2000).
Region	Dodoma region, Kondoa District, between Bubu and Mponde Rivers.
Language map	Tanzania, reference number 34
Alternate names	Kisandawe, Sandaui, Sandaweeki, Sandawi, Sandwe
Dialects	Bisa, Telha.
Classification	Khoisan, Sandawe
Language use	Vigorous. All domains. Positive attitude, but think Sandawe too difficult to read or write. Most also use Swahili [swh].
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	Intermarried with the Gogo, Turu, and Maasai. SOV. Hunter-gatherers; fishermen; agriculturalists; pastoralists: cattle. Traditional religion, Christian, Muslim.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

EATON, Helen, author. 2006. "Illustrations of the IPA: Sandawe."

EATON, Helen, author. 2010. "Information structure marking in Sandawe texts."

EATON, Helen, author. 2010. A Sandawe grammar.  

EATON, Helen; HUNZIKER, Daniel; HUNZIKER, Elisabeth, authors. 2007. "A Sandawe dialect survey."  

EATON, Helen; HUNZIKER, Daniel; HUNZIKER, Elisabeth, authors. 2008. A description of the phonology of the Sandawe language.