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)
- Infinitive:
- Past participle:
| 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 |