Beja
Sign in to saveAlso known as Bedawiyet, Ti-Bedauye, Ti-Bedaauye, Tu-Bedawie, To-Bedawye, Bedja, Bedawiye, Bedawi
The Afro-Asiatic language of the Red Sea Hills
Key facts
- Native to
- Sudan , Eritrea , Egypt
- Region
- Red Sea
- Ethnicity
- Beja
- Native speakers
- 2.76 million (2022–2023)
- Language family
- Afro-Asiatic Cushitic North Beja
- Early forms
- Proto-Cushitic Medjay Blemmyan
- Dialects
- Hadendoa , Hadareb , Amarar , Bisharin , Beni-Amer
- Writing system
- Latin alphabet (limited use), Arabic alphabet (limited use)
- Recognised minority language in
- Eritrea , Sudan
- Iso 639 2
- bej
- Iso 639 3
- bej
- Glottolog
- beja1238
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Beja (Bidhaawyeet or Tubdhaawi) is an Afroasiatic language of the Cushitic branch spoken on the western coast of the Red Sea by the Beja people. Its speakers inhabit parts of Egypt, Sudan and Eritrea.
Name
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