Sandawe people

Sandawe
Traditional area of the Sandawe
Total population
60,000 (2013)
Regions with significant populations
 Tanzania (Chemba District, Dodoma Region)
Languages
Sandawe
Religion
Animism, Islam
Related ethnic groups
Hadza people, perhaps Khoisan

The Sandawe are an indigenous ethnic group of Southeast Africa, based in the Chemba District kwamtoro ward of Dodoma Region in central Tanzania. In 2000, the Sandawe population was estimated to be 40,000.[1]

The Sandawe language is a tonal language that uses click consonants, as do the Khoe languages of southern Africa.

  1. ^ "Ethnologue report for language code: sad". Ethnologue.com. Retrieved 2012-08-01.