桑达韦语

桑达韦语是坦桑尼亚多多马地区桑达韦人使用的一种声调语言。它在年长和年青人之中仍然具有活力，有些地区的桑达韦人甚至只说桑达韦语。Albert Drexel在1920年代把它划归科依桑语系，但依据仅仅是该语言中存在搭嘴音。近来的研究表明它与科爾語系的联系可能更紧密。

桑达韦语有西北和东南两大方言。两者之间的区别在于语速、声调、禁忌词，以及词汇、语法上的细微差别。一些阿拉瓜人放弃了母语转而使用桑达韦语。
语法
代词
自由代词

代词后缀

名词
名词由词干和后缀组成，后缀是为了标明阳性、阴性、中性以及单复数。
语序
桑达韦语的基本语序是主宾谓结构，但实际语序却十分灵活。

參見
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资料
Dobashi, Yoshihito (2001) 'Agreement and Word Order in Sandawe' In Cornell Working Papers in Linguistics*, 2001, 18, pp 57–74.
*Eaton, Helen C. (2002) 'A Grammar of Focus in Sandawe' (Unpublished Ph.D thesis, University of Reading).
*Elderkin, Edward D. (1989) 'The Significance and Origin of the Use of Pitch in Sandawe' (Unpublished D.Phil thesis, University of York).
Güldemann, Tom and Edward D. Elderkin (forthcoming) '[https://web.archive.org/web/20090325021922/http://email.eva.mpg.de/~gueldema/pdf/Gueldemann_Elderkin.pdf On external genealogical relationships of the Khoe family.]' In Brenzinger, Matthias and Christa König (eds.), Khoisan languages and linguistics: the Riezlern symposium 2003.* Quellen zur Khoisan-Forschung 17. Köln: Rüdiger Köppe.
Hunziker, Daniel, Elisabeth Hunziker, & Helen Eaton (2008) A Description of the Phonology of the Sandawe Language.* SIL Electronic Working Papers[http://www.sil.org/silewp/abstract.asp?ref=2008-004]
Kagaya, Ryohei (1993) 'A Classified Vocabulary of The Sandawe Language', Asian & African Lexicon* vol 26. Tokyo: Institute for the Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA).
*Sands, Bonny E. (1998) 'Eastern and Southern African Khoisan: evaluating claims of distant linguistic relationships.' Quellen zur Khoisan-Forschung 14. Köln: Köppe.
Voogt, A.J. de (1992) Some phonetic aspects of Hatsa and Sandawe clicks* (Unpublished MA thesis in African Linguistics, Leiden University).
Wright, Richard, Ian Maddieson, Peter Ladefoged, Bonny Sands (1995). 'A phonetic study of Sandawe clicks', UCLA Working Papers in Phonetics, No. 91: Fieldwork Studies in Targeted Languages III*.

外部連結
*[http://ling.cornell.edu/khoisan/sandawe/sandawesyntax.htm Sandawe grammar at Cornell]

• [http://archive.phonetics.ucla.edu/Language/SAD/sad.html Sandawe wordlists and accompanying soundfiles at UCLA]

*[http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=SBR Ethnologue Report for Sandawe]
*[http://www.sil.org SIL International]
[http://www.drhelenipresume.com Helen Eaton] More information on SIL International's work on Sandawe, with papers for downloading.*

• [http://starling.rinet.ru/cgi-bin/response.cgi?root=new100&morpho=0&basename=new100\snd\snd&limit=-1 Sandawe basic lexicon at the Global Lexicostatistical Database]