Hatsa

E273030

Hatsa is an alternative name for the Hadza language, a highly distinctive click language spoken by the Hadza people of north-central Tanzania.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Hatsa canonical 2

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Statements (26)

Predicate Object
instanceOf language
natural language
alternativeNameOf Hadza language
countryOfficialName Tanzania
surface form: United Republic of Tanzania
hasAlternativeName Hadza people
surface form: Hadza

Hatsa
hasApproximateNumberOfSpeakers a few thousand
hasEndangermentStatus endangered language
hasISO6393Code hts
hasLanguageFamilyStatus language isolate
hasLinguisticFeature highly distinctive phonology
hasPhonologicalFeature click consonants
hasRegionType East Africa
hasSociolinguisticStatus minority language in Tanzania
hasSpeakerCommunity Lake Eyasi region
hasTypologicalFeature click language
hasUsageDomain daily communication within Hadza communities
isNotGeneticallyRelatedTo Bantu languages
Cushitic
surface form: Cushitic languages

Khoisan languages
primaryUse oral communication
spokenBy Hadza people
spokenInCountry Tanzania
spokenInRegion north-central Tanzania
usedByEthnicGroup Hadza people
surface form: Hadza
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hatsa hasAlternativeName Hatsa
subject surface form: Hadza language