| Waata | |
|---|---|
| Sanye | |
| Native to | Kenya |
| Region | Lamu District, Tana River |
| Ethnicity | Waata |
Native speakers | 20,000 (2019 census)[1] |
| Latin (limited use) | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | ssn |
| Glottolog | waat1238 |
The Waata language is a dialect of Orma or otherwise Southern Oromo. However, there is evidence that the Waata may have shifted from a Southern Cushitic language, a group that includes Dahalo.[2]
- ^ Waata at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023)
- ^ Martin Walsh, 1992/1993. The Vuna and the Degere: Remnants and Outcasts among the Duruma and Digo of Kenya and Tanzania. Bulletin of the International Committee on Urgent Anthropological and Ethnological Research 34/35: 133–147.
