Beja language
Beja (Bidhaawyeet or Tubdhaawi) is an Afroasiatic language of the Cushitic branch spoken on the western coast of the Red Sea by the Beja people. Its speakers inhabit parts of Egypt, Sudan and Eritrea. In 2017 there were 2,220,000 Beja speakers in Sudan according to Ethnologue. In 1993 there were 77,000 speakers of Beja in Egypt, current number of speakers today in Egypt is unknown. As of 2020 there are an estimated 201,000 Beja speakers in Eritrea. The total number of speakers in all three countries is 2,498,000.
| Beja | |
|---|---|
| Bidhaawyeet, Tubdhaawi, تُبڈاوِ | |
| Native to | Sudan, Eritrea, Egypt |
| Region | Red Sea |
| Ethnicity | Beja |
Native speakers | (2.5 million cited 1993–2020) |
| Dialects | Hadendoa Hadareb Amarar Bisharin Beni-Amir |
| Latin alphabet (limited use) Arabic alphabet (limited use) | |
| Official status | |
Recognised minority language in | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-2 | bej |
| ISO 639-3 | bej |
| Glottolog | beja1238 |
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