Sad

Also Known As: Sandwe,Sandaui,Sandawi,Kisandawe,Sandaweeki,Sandawe language Description: Sandawe or Sandawi is a tonal language spoken by about 40,000 Sandawe people in the Dodoma region of Tanzania. Language use is vigorous among both adults and children, with people in some areas monolingual. Sandawe has generally been classified as a Khoisan language since Albert Drexel in the 1920s, due at first just to the presence of clicks in the language. Recent investigations (Güldemann forthcoming) show that Sandawe is most likely related to the Khoe family regardless of the validity of Khoesan as a whole. A recent discussion of Sandawe's linguistic classification can be found in Sands (1998). Sandawe has two dialects, northwest and southeast. Differences include speaking speed, vowel dropping, some word taboo, and minor lexical and grammatical differences. Some Alagwa have shifted to Sandawe, and are considered a Sandawe clan. SIL International began work on Sandawe in 1996 and to date (2004), Daniel and Elisabeth Hunziker and Helen Eaton continue to work on the analysis of the language. They have so far produced a phonological description, a dialect survey report and several papers on aspects of grammar. Sandawe is also currently (since 2002) studied by Sander Steeman of..... full article at Wikipedia Location of Sandawe Language Speakers http://llmap.org/languages/sad/static_map.png?width=400&height=300&kilroywashere=.png Rosetta Document Collection Phonology: 1 (download) (browse)

Overview Main Country: Tanzania Spoken In: Regions: Africa ISO 639-3 Code: sad Classification Taxonomy All Languages   Khoisan Group     Sandawe Group       Sandawe Language