| Shatt | |
|---|---|
| Canning | |
| Spoken in | Sudan |
| Region | Southern Sudan |
| Ethnicity | Shatt |
| Native speakers | 15,000 (1984) |
| Language family |
Nilo-Saharan?
|
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | shj |
| Linguasphere | 05-PEA-aa |
The Shatt language is an Eastern Sudanic language of the Daju family spoken in the Shatt Hills (part of the Nuba Mountains) southwest of Kaduqli in South Kurdufan province in southern Sudan. 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.