Shatt is an ethnic group in
Sudan
Sudan ( or ; ar, السودان, as-Sūdān, officially the Republic of the Sudan ( ar, جمهورية السودان, link=no, Jumhūriyyat as-Sūdān), is a country in Northeast Africa. It shares borders with the Central African Republic t ...
located in the northern Shatt Hills southwest of
Kadugli in
South Kordofan State (Shatt Daman, Shatt Safia, Shatt Tebeldia) and in the Abu Hashim and Abu Sinam areas. They refer to themselves as the Caning people. They are one of seven distinct ethnicities comprising the
Daju people. They speak
Shatt, a Nilo-Saharan language. Most members of this ethnic group are Muslims. The population of the Shatt exceeds 15,000.
Ethnologue: Shatt people
retrieved May 3, 2013
References
External sources
Gurtong Peace project: "Shatt (Thuri)"Language Map of Sudan
Huffman, Steve
Ethnic groups in Sudan
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