Bedawi

Facts

  • Language: Bedawi
  • Alternate names: Beja, Bedawiye, Bedauye, To-Bedawie, Bedja
  • Language code: bej
  • Language family: Afro-Asiatic, Cushitic
  • Number of speakers: 1178000
  • Script: Latin script

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    Introduction

    Bedawi is an Afro-Asiatic language of the southern coast of the Red Sea, spoken by about two million nomads, the Beja, in parts of Egypt, Sudan, and Eritrea.

    The Beja are found mostly in Sudan, but also in parts of Eritrea, and Egypt.

    The Bedawi verb

    Sample verb: yak

    (English: to get up)

    Past Present
    Sg.1 yak\-an yak\-ani
    Sg.2m yak\-taa yak\-tiniya
    Sg.2f yak\-taayi yak\-tiniyi
    Sg.3m yak\-iya yak\-iini
    Sg.3f yak\-ta yak\-tini
    Pl.1 yak\-na yak\-nay
    Pl.2 yak\-taana yak\-teena
    Pl.3 yak\-aan yak\-een

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