Shatt (Caning)

Shatt is a member of the Eastern Sudanic branch of the Nilo-Saharan language family. It is spoken by about 30,000 people in the west of South Kordofan Province in the south of Sudan, particularly in the villages of Shatt Daman, Shatt Safia and Shatt Tebeldia in the northern Shatt Hills, and also in the Abu Hashim and Abu Sinam areas.

Shatt is also known as Caning. The name Shatt comes from Arabic and means "dispersed". Shatt speakers call their language Caning. It is closely related to Daju and Logorik, and is written with the Latin alphabet.

Shatt alphabet and pronunciation

Shatt alphabet and pronunciation

Download an alphabet chart for Shatt (Excel)

Sample text

Denyanang siyacca tä korongic. Lala deny. Deny apo xa kän wuxi seguge, ndä menggä deny apoccu. Ndä mände kän waxaccanang. aru.

Source: Sorunä Legedäniccä Tebezinygä Ikä Caning (Caning Alphabet Story Book). 2015.

Sample video in Shatt

Information about Shatt | Numbers

Links

Information about Shatt
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shatt_language
https://www.101lasttribes.com/tribes/shatt.html
https://www.sil.org/resources/search/language/shj
https://www.webonary.org/caning/overview/introduction/
http://olac.ldc.upenn.edu/language/shj
https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/shat1244

Eastern Sudanic languages

Afitti, Daju Mongo, Dilling, Gaam, Ghulfan, Kadaru, Narim, Old Nubian, Shatt

Languages written with the Latin alphabet

Page created: 11.04.25. Last modified: 11.04.25

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