Beja language facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Beja |
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| Bidhaawyeet, Tubdhaawi | |
| Native to | Sudan, Eritrea, Egypt |
| Ethnicity | Beja |
| Native speakers | 1–1.1 million (date missing) |
| Language family |
Afro-Asiatic
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| Writing system | Latin alphabet (limited use) Arabic alphabet (limited use) |
Beja is a Cushitic language. It is spoken on the coast of the Red Sea in Sudan, Eritrea and Egypt. Around one million people speak the language. It is the only language of the North Cushitic branch still spoken.
Images for kids
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The ostracon which Francis Llewellyn Griffith believed bore writing in the Blemmye language. Gerald M. Browne and Klaus Wedekind believe this to be the ancestor of the modern Beja language.
See also
In Spanish: Idioma beya para niños
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