North Cushitic
E838531
North Cushitic is a small branch of the Cushitic languages spoken in parts of northeastern Africa, notably including the Beja language.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Cushitic language branch
ⓘ
language branch ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Beja branch
ⓘ
North Beja NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| glottologCode | beja1238 ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
contains a single major language (Beja)
ⓘ
smallest primary branch of Cushitic ⓘ |
| hasContactLanguage |
Egyptian Arabic
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sudanese Arabic NERFINISHED ⓘ Tigre language ⓘ Tigrinya language ⓘ |
| hasDocumentationType |
Beja dictionaries
ⓘ
grammars of Beja ⓘ text collections in Beja ⓘ |
| hasISO6393Code | bej (for Beja) ⓘ |
| hasLanguageCodeScope | individual language (Beja) within branch ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticSubstrateInfluenceOn | local Arabic varieties (Beja contact) ⓘ |
| hasMajorLanguage | Beja language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMember | Beja language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature |
gender and number marking on nouns (in Beja)
ⓘ
rich verbal morphology (in Beja) ⓘ |
| hasNeighboringLanguageBranch |
Agaw (Central Cushitic)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lowland East Cushitic NERFINISHED ⓘ Semitic languages of Ethiopia and Eritrea ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature | emphatic consonants (in Beja) ⓘ |
| hasResearchField |
Afroasiatic comparative linguistics
ⓘ
Cushitic historical linguistics ⓘ |
| hasSyntacticFeature | basic VSO and SVO word orders (in Beja) ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem |
Arabic script (for Beja)
ⓘ
Geʽez script (historically, for Beja) NERFINISHED ⓘ Latin script (for Beja) ⓘ |
| isEndangeredStatus | vulnerable (for Beja) ⓘ |
| isSometimesClassifiedAs |
North Cushitic (Beja) within Cushitic
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
independent branch of Afroasiatic ⓘ |
| isTaughtIn | some regional universities (as Beja) ⓘ |
| linguisticFamily | Afroasiatic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
Eastern Sudan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Northwestern Eritrea NERFINISHED ⓘ Red Sea coastal region ⓘ Southern Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Egypt
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Eritrea NERFINISHED ⓘ Sudan ⓘ northeastern Africa ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Afroasiatic languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cushitic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedByEthnicGroup | Beja people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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