Sandawe (African people)

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Information for Authority record

Name (Hebrew)
סנדאווה (עם אפריקני)
Name (Latin)
Sandawe (African people)
Name (Arabic)
سانداوي (شعب أفريقي)
Other forms of name
nne Sandawe
Sandawi (African people)
Sandaui (African people)
Sandwe (African people)
Wassandaui (African people)
See Also From tracing topical name
Ethnology Tanzania
Nilotic peoples
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q1292246
Library of congress: sh 85117217
Sources of Information
  • African ethonyms and toponyms:p. 178 (Tanzania)
  • Ethnologue:p. 178 (Sandawe (Sandaui, Sandwe) Tanzania.
  • Murdock world cult.:p. 69 (Sandawe (Wassandaui)
  • Voegelin lang.:p. 200 (Sandawe (Sandawi) Tanzania)
  • African ethnonyms, 1996(defines Nilotic as restricted to speakers of Western Nilotic languages, leaving Nilo-Hamitic people as a term for speakers of other Nilotic languages)

Wikipedia description:

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

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