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Also known as Bedawiyet, Ti-Bedauye, Ti-Bedaauye, Tu-Bedawie, To-Bedawye, Bedawiye, Bedawi

langue couchitique

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

Wikidata facts

Instance of
modern language
Subclass of
Afroasiatic
Country
Egypt
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Wikimedia language code
bej
number of speakers, writers, or signers
1178000
linguistic typology
subject–object–verb
writing system
Latin script
indigenous to
North Africa
topic's main category
Category:Beja language
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Le bedja (ou bedàwie, bedawi, beja) est une langue afro-asiatique parlée par les nomades Bedjas au Soudan, en Érythrée et en Égypte.

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