Hadza language
E52662
The Hadza language is an isolate spoken by the Hadza people of northern Tanzania, notable for its extensive use of click consonants and lack of clear genetic affiliation to other language families.
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
click language
ⓘ
language isolate ⓘ natural language ⓘ |
| closelyAssociatedWith |
Hadza culture
ⓘ
Hadza hunter-gatherer lifestyle ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| country | Tanzania ⓘ |
| endangermentStatus | severely endangered ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Hadzane
ⓘ
Hadzapi ⓘ Hadzapi language ⓘ Hatsa ⓘ Kangeju ⓘ Kindiga ⓘ Tangale ⓘ
surface form:
Tindiga
Wahi ⓘ |
| hasBasicWordOrder |
flexible word order
ⓘ
often SOV ⓘ |
| hasDocumentationStatus | described in several modern linguistic studies ⓘ |
| hasEstimatedSpeakers | a few hundred to around one thousand speakers ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | hadz1240 ⓘ |
| hasGlottologName |
Hadza people
ⓘ
surface form:
Hadza
|
| hasISO6393Code | hts ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticFeature |
complex verbal morphology
ⓘ
extensive use of click consonants ⓘ noun class–like pronominal system ⓘ tone ⓘ |
| hasNeighboringLanguages |
Iraqw
ⓘ
Isanzu ⓘ Swahili language ⓘ
surface form:
Swahili
|
| hasNoClearGeneticAffiliationWith | other established language families ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
multiple series of click consonants
ⓘ
rich consonant inventory ⓘ vowel length contrast ⓘ |
| hasSociolinguisticSituation |
increasing pressure from Swahili
ⓘ
younger speakers often bilingual in Swahili ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem | no indigenous writing system ⓘ |
| isNotPartOf |
Bantu languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Bantu language family
Cushitic ⓘ
surface form:
Cushitic language family
Khoisan languages ⓘ
surface form:
Khoisan language family
Nilotic languages ⓘ
surface form:
Nilotic language family
|
| isOralTraditionLanguage | true ⓘ |
| languageFamily | language isolate ⓘ |
| region | Lake Eyasi region ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Hadza people ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Tanzania
ⓘ
northern Tanzania ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
comparative studies of African click languages
ⓘ
research on language isolates ⓘ |
| usedFor | daily communication within Hadza communities ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.