Shatt

SHJ

threatened

Dialects: None known. Lexical similarity: 64% with Liguri ,, 62% with Dar Fur Daju , (Nyala and Lagowa), 60% with Dar Sila Daju ,.

Genealogy:

Nilo-Saharan
Eastern Sudanic
Western
Daju
Eastern Daju

Demographics: 15,000 (Stevenson 1984).

Language Development: Orthography and literacy materials developed.

Typology: SVO.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Sudan

Other Comments: Ethnonym: Shatt, dispersed or scattered, applied by Arabic speakers to various inhabitants of the Kordofan Hills. Distinct from Thuri (Shatt) , in the Lwo group.