Bedawiyet

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A language of Sudan

ISO 639-3
bej
Alternate Names
Bedauye, Bedawi, Bedàwie, Bedawiye, Bedja, Beja, Tu Bdhaawi, Tu-Bedawie
Population

951,000 in Sudan (1982 SIL). 30,000 Hadendoa, 15,000 Bisharin (1992). Total users in all countries: 1,237,000.

Location

Al Bahr al Ahmar state; Kassala, Nahr an Nil, and Al Qadarif states, southeast River Nile.

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Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification
Afro-Asiatic, Cushitic, North
Dialects

Hadendoa (Hadendiwa, Hadendowa), Hadareb (Hadaareb), Bisharin (Bisariab), Beni-Amir. Little vocabulary in common with other Cushitic languages, but a great deal of the verbal morphology is similar.

Typology

SOV; prefixes, postpositions, causatives, reciprocals, reflexives, subject; suffixes distinguish person, number, gender.

Language Use

All domains. All ages. Positive attitudes. Also use Sudanese Spoken Arabic [apd], Tigré [tig].

Language Development
Poetry. New media. Radio programs. Dictionary. Bible portions: 2008–2010.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Bedawiyet
Writing

Arabic script, Naskh variant [Arab]. Latin script [Latn], used since 1990s.

Other Comments

Beja is the Arabic name. Not related to Western Egyptian Bedawi Spoken Arabic (Bedawi) [ayl] or Eastern Egyptian Bedawi Spoken Arabic (Bedawi) [avl].

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