Beja (Bedawiyet)

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Beja (Bedawiyet) is a Cushitic language spoken primarily by the Beja people of northeastern Africa, including groups such as the Beni-Amir, across parts of Sudan, Eritrea, and Egypt.

All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Ababda Beja 1
Beja (Bedawiyet) canonical 1
Beja groups 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Afroasiatic language
Cushitic language
natural language
closelyRelatedTo other Cushitic languages
endangeredStatus vulnerable
hasAlternativeName Bedawi
Bedawiyet
Bidhaawyeet
hasContactWith Arabic
Tigre
Tigrinya
hasEthnicGroup Beja
Beni-Amir
hasLinguisticFeature gender and number agreement
rich consonant inventory
use of suffixes for inflection
verb–subject–object basic word order (VSO)
hasStatus under-documented language
isMinorityLanguageIn Egypt
Eritrea
Sudan
ISO639-3Code bej
languageBranch Cushitic
languageFamily Afroasiatic
regionOfUse Red Sea coastal region
eastern Sudan
southeastern Egypt
western Eritrea
spokenBy Beja people
Beni-Amir people
spokenIn Egypt
Eritrea
Sudan
spokenInRegion northeastern Africa
subfamilyOf Cushitic branch of the Afroasiatic language family
usedFor daily communication among Beja communities
usedIn oral tradition of the Beja people
writingSystem Arabic script
Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

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

Beni-Amir associatedLanguageVariety Beja (Bedawiyet)
Osman Digna ethnicGroup Hadendoa Beja
linked to: Beja (Bedawiyet)
Bidhaawyeet hasDialect Northern Beja
linked to: Beja (Bedawiyet)
Bidhaawyeet hasDialect Southern Beja
linked to: Beja (Bedawiyet)
Ababda ethnonymVariant Ababda Beja
linked to: Beja (Bedawiyet)
Egyptian and Ottoman influence in Eritrea involves Beja groups
linked to: Beja (Bedawiyet)
North Cushitic alternativeName North Beja
linked to: Beja (Bedawiyet)