| Waata | |
| Also Known As: | Sanye |
| States: | Kenya |
| Region: | Lamu District, Tana River |
| Date: | 2019 census |
| Ref: | e26 |
| Script: | Latin (limited use) |
| Familycolor: | Afro-Asiatic |
| Fam2: | Cushitic |
| Fam3: | Lowland East |
| Fam4: | Oromoid |
| Fam5: | Oromo |
| Fam6: | Southern Oromo? |
| Iso3: | ssn |
| Glotto: | waat1238 |
| Glottorefname: | Waata |
| Ethnicity: | Waata |
The Waata language is a dialect of Orma or otherwise Southern Oromo spoken by the Waata people of Kenya.