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 (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Beja (Bedawiyet) canonical | 1 |
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Afroasiatic language
ⓘ
Cushitic language ⓘ natural language ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo | other Cushitic languages ⓘ |
| endangeredStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Bedawi
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bedawiyet NERFINISHED ⓘ Bidhaawyeet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasContactWith |
Arabic
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tigre NERFINISHED ⓘ Tigrinya ⓘ |
| hasEthnicGroup |
Beja
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Beni-Amir NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 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
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Eritrea NERFINISHED ⓘ Sudan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | bej ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Cushitic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Afroasiatic ⓘ |
| regionOfUse |
Red Sea coastal region
ⓘ
eastern Sudan NERFINISHED ⓘ southeastern Egypt ⓘ western Eritrea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenBy |
Beja people
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Beni-Amir people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Egypt
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Eritrea NERFINISHED ⓘ 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 alphabet ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.