Bidhaawyeet

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Bidhaawyeet is an alternative name for the Beja (Bedawiyet) language spoken by the Beja people in parts of Northeast Africa.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Bidhaawyeet canonical 2
To-Bedawie 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (26)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Afroasiatic language
language
alternativeName Bedawiyet
Beja language
closelyRelatedTo none (only member of North Cushitic branch)
endonym Bidhaawyeet
ethnicAssociation Beja
hasConsonantPhonemes emphatic consonants
hasDialect Central Beja
linked to: Beja

Northern Beja
linked to: Beja (Bedawiyet)

Southern Beja
linked to: Beja (Bedawiyet)
hasGlottocode beja1238
hasISO6393Code bej
hasWordOrder subject–verb–object (SVO)
verb–subject–object (VSO)
languageFamily Afroasiatic
region Northeast Africa
spokenBy Beja people
spokenIn Egypt
Eritrea
Sudan
subbranch North Cushitic
subfamily Cushitic
usedFor daily communication among Beja people
writingSystem Arabic script
linked to: Arabic alphabet

Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bedawiyet alternativeName Bidhaawyeet
Beja language alsoKnownAs To-Bedawie
linked to: Bidhaawyeet