Endangered Languages Project - Hadza

Hadza

^{[aka Hatsa, Hadzabi, Wakindiga]}

Classification: Isolate

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threatened

ALSO KNOWN AS		Hatsa, Hadzabi, Wakindiga, Kangeju, Hadzapi, Kindiga, Tindiga
CLASSIFICATION		Isolate, African
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		hts
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Information from: “The twelve modern Khoisan languages” . Matthias Brenzinger (2011)

Threatened

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available
950
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"The number of Hadza speakers is most likely about 950, as all Hadza speak the Hadza language."

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: "In the south the Hadza are bilingual in Isanzu, and in the west in Sukuma. A number of Hadza speak Datooga in the central areas, but few know Iraqw"

PLACES: Central Tanzania

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "The Hadza people live in the vicinity of Lake Eyasi and the adjacent areas, north of the Sandawe in the central part of Tanzania."

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
200-2000
Native speakers worldwide

PLACES: Tanzania

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "Tanzania, some distance northwest of the Sandawe, southeast of Lake Victoria... 'Kondoa and Mbulu Districts, near Lake Eyasi, mainly to the west.' [(Tucker and Brian 1956)]"

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~800
Native speakers worldwide

LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: "The Hadza appear to form a rather close-knit society traditionally, as a result of which their language may remain an important symbol of their ethnic identity for the coming generations."

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "Southeast of Lake Victoria, near Lake Eyasi, Tanzania"

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
975
Native speakers worldwide

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
800
Native speakers worldwide

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
<1,000
Native speakers worldwide

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: "Even today most Hadza children learn little Swahili in early years, and it is only among grown up men that knowledge of Swahili may be taken for granted."

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "North-central Tanzania, principally to the east and south of Lake Eyasi."

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
800
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
800

DATE OF INFO: 2000

PLACES: Tanzania;

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~200
Native speakers worldwide

Ethnic population
800

PLACES: Tanzania

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Lake Eyasi area, Central Tanzania

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: "Hadza... - Ethnischer Name bzw. Sprache einer ehemals als Jäger und sammler lebenden Restbevölkerung am Eyasi-See in Zentral-Tanzania, etwa 800 Individuen umfassend."

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
Several hundred
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
~1000

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "Either side of the intermittent salt lake Eyasi in central Tanzania."

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Information from: “The twelve modern Khoisan languages” . Matthias Brenzinger (2011)