Bedawiyet | Ethnologue

A language of Sudan

ISO 639: bej
Alternate Names: Beḍauye, Bedawi, Bedawiye, Bedja, Bedàwie, Beja, Biďaːwyéːt, Tibďaːwyě, To Bedawiat, To Bedawie, Tu Bdhaawi, Tu-Bedawie
Autonym: Bidhaawyeet, Tubdhaawi, بجاوية‎ (Bidhaawyeet), تُبڈاوِ‎ (Tubdhaawi)
Population: 2,220,000 in Sudan (2017). Total users in all countries: 2,498,000.
Location:: Red Sea state; Gedaref, Kassala, and River Nile states, southeast river Nile.
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; postpositions; 2 genders (masculine, feminine); case-marking (3 cases); definite and indefinite articles.
Language Use: All domains. Used by all. Positive attitudes. Most also use Sudanese Spoken Arabic [apd]. Also use Tigré [tig].
Language Development: Literature. Radio. Dictionary. Texts. Bible portions: 2008–2010.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Bedawiyet
Writing: Arabic script, Naskh variant [Arab], minimal usage. Latin script [Latn], used since 1990s, primary usage.
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]. Muslim.

Egypt

Location: Al Bahr al Ahmar Governorate; north of Marsa al ’Alam south to administrative boundary on Red Sea east coast.
Language Status: 5 (Developing)

Eritrea

Location: Anseba and Gash-Barka regions.
Dialects: Hadareb (Hadaareb), Bisharin (Bisariab, Bisarin), Hadendoa (Hadendowa), Beni-Amir, Ababda, Amara.
Language Status: 5 (Developing)
Other Comments: Muslim.

Location: Red Sea state; Gedaref, Kassala, and River Nile states, southeast river Nile.