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)