ISO 639-3 · wtiwti
Nilo-Saharan family
Berta
Berta is a language of the Nilo-Saharan branch, spoken in Ethiopia and Sudan. Wikidata counts about 367,000 speakers. Wikidata describes it as “language spoken by the Berta (also Bertha, Barta, Burta) in Sudan and Ethiopia”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
wti- Glottocode
bert1248- Family
- Nilo-Saharan
- EGIDS
- 4 Educational
- Wikipedia
- 23 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
2countries
1scripts
1levels in the tree
4EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Berta |
|---|---|
| Also called | Berta language, Wetawit language |
| All speakers | 367,000 |
| Written in | Latin script |
Vitality
EGIDS 4 Educational4
Institutional. Used in government, education and media — EGIDS 0 to 4.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Nilo-Saharan to Berta
The branches above Berta, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
160Nilo-SaharanfamilywtiBertalanguage
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Ethiopia
engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalormOromoAfroasiatic · 36 mamhAmharicAfroasiatic · 25 m1 · NationalsomSomaliAfroasiatic · 16.2 m1 · NationalwalWolayttaAfroasiatic · 5.8 m3 · Wider CommunicationtirTigrinyaAfroasiatic · 5.8 m2 · ProvincialgmoGamo-Gofa-Dawrounclassified · 2 msidSidamoAfroasiatic · 1.8 m4 · EducationalaarAfarAfroasiatic · 1.6 m2 · ProvincialkbrKafaAfroasiatic · 1.5 m4 · Educational