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Bedawiyet

A language of Sudan

ISO 639-3: bej

Population	951,000 in Sudan (1982 SIL). 30,000 Hadendoa, 15,000 Bisharin (1992). Population total all countries: 1,186,000.
Region	Northeast along Red Sea coast. Also in Egypt, Eritrea.
Language map	Sudan
Alternate names	Bedauye, Bedawi, Bedawiye, Bedja, Beja, Tu-Bedawie
Dialects	Hadendoa (Hadendowa, Hadendiwa), Hadareb (Hadaareb), Bisharin (Bisariab), Beni-Amir.
Classification	Afro-Asiatic, Cushitic, North
Language use	All domains. All ages. Also use Sudanese Arabic [apd] or Tigré [tig].
Language development	Dictionary. Grammar.
Writing system	Arabic script. Latin script.
Comments	Tu Bdhaawi is their name for the language. Halenga and Arteiga are ethnic groups. Beja is an Arabic name. Not related to Western Egyptian Bedawi Spoken Arabic (Bedawi) [ayl] or Eastern Egyptian Bedawi Spoken Arabic (Bedawi) [avl]. SOV; prefixes, postpositions, causatives, reciprocals, reflexives, subject; suffixes distinguish person, number, gender.

Also spoken in:

Eritrea

Language name	Bedawiyet
Population	158,000 in Eritrea (2006). 20,000 Hadendoa (1970 Bendor).
Language map	Djibouti, Eritrea and Ethiopia, reference number 13
Alternate names	Bedauye, Bedawi, Bedawiye, Bedawye, Bedja, Bedwi, Bedya, Beja, Lobat
Dialects	Hadareb (Hadaareb), Bisharin (Bisarin, Bisariab), Hadendoa (Hadendowa), Beni-Amir, Ababda, Amara.
Comments	Muslim.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

ABUZEINAB, Musa; WEDEKIND, Klaus, authors. 2006. "Beja (Bidhaawyeet): The Verb System."

MOHAMMED, Mahmud; WEDEKIND, Klaus, authors. 2008. "A Beja saga in four dialects: lexical and other differences."

MUSA, Abuzaynab; WEDEKIND, Charlotte; WEDEKIND, Klaus, authors. 2002. RRG universal verb classes vs. Beja verb classifications based on morphologies and textual functions.  

MUSA, Abuzaynab; WEDEKIND, Charlotte; WEDEKIND, Klaus, authors. 2007. A learner's grammar of Beja (East Sudan).

WEDEKIND, Klaus, author. 2004. "Beja phonology: an update."

WEDEKIND, Klaus, author. 2004. "Beja pronouns and glides: dialects in search of optima."

WEDEKIND, Klaus, author. 2004. "Number in NPS of Beja (Afro-Asiatic): morphology and layered structure."

WEDEKIND, Klaus, author. 2005. "Contrastive Analyses of a Beja Song."

WEDEKIND, Klaus, author. 2006. "Beja narratives: pursuit of participants and analysis of aspects."

WEDEKIND, Klaus, author. 2007. "An update on Beja: from phonology to text studies."