Hatsa

E273030

Hatsa is an alternative name for the Hadza language, a highly distinctive click language spoken by the Hadza people of north-central Tanzania.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Hatsa canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (26)

Predicate Object
instanceOf language
natural language
alternativeNameOf Hadza language
countryOfficialName United Republic of Tanzania
linked to: Tanzania
hasAlternativeName Hadza
linked to: Hadza people

Hatsa
hasApproximateNumberOfSpeakers a few thousand
hasEndangermentStatus endangered language
hasISO6393Code hts
hasLanguageFamilyStatus language isolate
hasLinguisticFeature highly distinctive phonology
hasPhonologicalFeature click consonants
hasRegionType East Africa
hasSociolinguisticStatus minority language in Tanzania
hasSpeakerCommunity Lake Eyasi region
hasTypologicalFeature click language
hasUsageDomain daily communication within Hadza communities
isNotGeneticallyRelatedTo Bantu languages
Cushitic languages
linked to: Cushitic

Khoisan languages
primaryUse oral communication
spokenBy Hadza people
spokenInCountry Tanzania
spokenInRegion north-central Tanzania
usedByEthnicGroup Hadza
linked to: Hadza people
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hadza language hasAlternativeName Hatsa
subject linked to: Hatsa