Sandawe in Tanzania

The Sandawe have only been reported in Tanzania
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Introduction / History

The Sandawe are a small group living in north-central Tanzania in Kondo District, near the town of Kondoa, between the Mponde and Bubu rivers. The Sandawe are a small remaining group of a race of people that originally lived over much of Africa. The San, called Bushmen by the Dutch in South Africa, were the first people we know in the Rift Valley. The Sandawe are racially different from the surrounding tribes. They have lighter skin and are smaller, with knotty hair like that of the Bushmen, commonly referred to as peppercorn hair. They have the epicanthic fold of the eye lid (like East Asian people) common to the Bushmen.

The Sandawe language includes click sounds as consonants and is also tonal. Totally unrelated to other languages around them, it is difficult to learn. The language is related to the languages of the Bushmen (San) and the Hottentots (Khoi) of the southern Africa and is therefore classified as a Khoisan language. The Hadzapi, also in northern Tanzania, are the only other aboriginal people in Eastern Africa still speaking a Khoisan language.


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Profile Source:   Anonymous  

People Name General Sandawe
People Name in Country Sandawe
Alternate Names Sandwe
Population this Country 86,000
Population all Countries 86,000
Total Countries 1
Indigenous Yes
Progress Scale 4
Unreached No
Frontier People Group No
GSEC 1  (per PeopleGroups.org)
Pioneer Workers Needed
People ID 14720
ROP3 Code 108634
ROP25 Code 307207
ROP25 Name Sandawe
Country Tanzania
Region Africa, East and Southern
Continent Africa
10/40 Window No
National Bible Society Website
Persecution Rank Not ranked
Location in Country Dodoma region: Kondoa district, between Bubu and Mponde rivers; Singida region.   Source:  Ethnologue 2016
Country Tanzania
Region Africa, East and Southern
Continent Africa
10/40 Window No
National Bible Society Website
Persecution Rank Not ranked
Location in Country Dodoma region: Kondoa district, between Bubu and Mponde rivers; Singida region..   Source:  Ethnologue 2016
Primary Religion: Ethnic Religions
Major Religion Percent
Buddhism
0.00 %
Christianity  (Evangelical 5.00 %)
15.00 %
Ethnic Religions
60.00 %
Hinduism
0.00 %
Islam
25.00 %
Non-Religious
0.00 %
Other / Small
0.00 %
Unknown
0.00 %
Primary Language Sandawe (86,000 speakers)
Language Code sad   Ethnologue Listing
Language Written Yes   ScriptSource Listing
Total Languages 1
Primary Language Sandawe (86,000 speakers)
Language Code sad   Ethnologue Listing
Total Languages 1
People Groups Speaking Sandawe

Primary Language:  Sandawe

Bible Translation Status  (Years)
Bible-Portions Yes  (2006-2012)
Bible-New Testament No
Bible-Complete No
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Photo Source Willem Richter 
Map Source Anonymous  
Profile Source Anonymous 
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