Beja people

E40083
Cushitic people ethnic group

The Beja people are a traditionally pastoralist Cushitic ethnic group inhabiting the Red Sea coastal and desert regions of Sudan, Eritrea, and Egypt, known for their distinct language, culture, and history in Northeast Africa.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Beja language 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Cushitic people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Egypt ⓘ
Eritrea ⓘ
Sudan ⓘ
culturalTrait distinct hairstyles and adornment ⓘ
strong oral poetry tradition ⓘ
ethnonym Beja ⓘ
geographicArea Eastern Desert of Egypt ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Desert

Red Sea Hills ⓘ
Red Sea coastal region ⓘ
historicalRole camel breeders ⓘ
caravan traders ⓘ
language Beja people self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Beja language
languageFamily Cushitic ⓘ
surface form: Cushitic languages
linguisticStatus speak a Cushitic language distinct from neighboring Semitic and Nilo-Saharan languages ⓘ
minorityStatus ethnic minority in Egypt ⓘ
ethnic minority in Eritrea ⓘ
ethnic minority in Sudan ⓘ
nativeName Amarar ⓘ
Bedawiyet ⓘ
Beni-Amir ⓘ
Bisharin ⓘ
Hadendoa ⓘ
notableTribe Amarar ⓘ
Beni-Amer ⓘ
Bisharin ⓘ
Hadendoa ⓘ
partOf Egyptian society ⓘ
Eritrean society ⓘ
Sudanese society ⓘ
primaryReligion Islam ⓘ
recognizedAs indigenous people of the Red Sea region ⓘ
region Northeast Africa ⓘ
religion Sunni Islam ⓘ
socialStructure clan-based ⓘ
tribal confederations ⓘ
subgroupOf Cushitic ⓘ
surface form: Cushitic peoples
traditionalClothing white cotton robes ⓘ
traditionalHousing portable huts ⓘ
traditionalLifestyle pastoralism ⓘ
traditionalLivestock camels ⓘ
cattle ⓘ
goats ⓘ
sheep ⓘ
traditionalOccupation nomadic herding ⓘ
traditionalWeapon dagger ⓘ
sword ⓘ

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

Sudanese Arabic → influencedBy → Beja people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Beja language
Beja people → language → Beja people self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Beja language
Tigre people → neighboringGroup → Beja people ⓘ
Saho people → neighboringPeoples → Beja people ⓘ
Nubians → relatedEthnicGroup → Beja people ⓘ
Tigre people → relatedEthnicGroup → Beja people ⓘ