Shatt language


The Shatt language is an Eastern Sudanic language of the Daju family spoken in the Shatt Hills southwest of Kaduqli in South Kurdufan province in southern Sudan.
Villages are Shatt Daman, Shatt Safia, and Shatt Tebeldia.

Names

The designation "Shatt" is an Arabic word meaning "dispersed" and is applied to several distinct groups in the Nuba Mountains. "Caning" is their own name for themselves. Speakers refer to their language as ìkkɨ̀ cánnìñ.