ISO 639-3 · bejbej
Afroasiatic family
Beja
Beja is a language of the Cushitic branch (Afroasiatic), spoken in Sudan, Eritrea and Egypt. Wikidata counts about 1.2 m speakers. Wikidata describes it as “The Afro-Asiatic language of the Red Sea Hills”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
bej- Glottocode
beja1238- Family
- Afroasiatic
- EGIDS
- 5 Developing
- Wikipedia
- 37 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
3countries
2scripts
2levels in the tree
5EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Beja |
|---|---|
| Also called | Bedawiyet, Ti-Bedauye, Ti-Bedaauye, Tu-Bedawie, To-Bedawye |
| All speakers | 1,178,000 |
| Written in | Arabic script, Latin script |
Vitality
EGIDS 5 Developing5
Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Afroasiatic to Beja
The branches above Beja, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Sudan
engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalaraArabicAfroasiatic · 315.4 mSafemsaMalayAustronesian · 77 mapdSudanese Arabicunclassified · 31.9 m3 · Wider CommunicationamhAmharicAfroasiatic · 25 m1 · NationalkauKanuriNilo-Saharan · 15 mshuChadian Arabicunclassified · 2.6 m3 · Wider CommunicationtigTigreAfroasiatic · 800,0004 · EducationalfvrFurNilo-Saharan · 746,0005 · DevelopingfiaNobiinNilo-Saharan · 669,0006b · Threatened