Bedawiyet

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A language of Sudan

ISO 639-3
bej
Alternate Names
Beḍauye, Bedawi, Bedawiye, Bedja, Bedàwie, Beja, Biďaːwyéːt, Tibďaːwyě, To Bedawiat, To Bedawie, Tu Bdhaawi, Tu-Bedawie
Autonym
Bidhaawyeet, Tubdhaawi, بجاوية‎ (Bidhaawyeet), تُبڈاوِ‎ (Tubdhaawi)
User Population

2,220,000 in Sudan (2017). Total users in all countries: 2,498,000.

Location

Red Sea state; Gedaref, Kassala, and River Nile states, southeast river Nile.

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Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification
Afro-Asiatic, Cushitic, North
Dialects

Hadendoa (Hadendiwa, Hadendowa), Hadareb (Hadaareb), Bisharin (Bisariab), Beni-Amir. Little vocabulary in common with other Cushitic languages, but a great deal of the verbal morphology is similar.

Typology

SOV; postpositions; 2 genders (masculine, feminine); case-marking (3 cases); definite and indefinite articles.

Language Use

All domains. Used by all. Positive attitudes. Most also use Sudanese Spoken Arabic [apd]. Also use Tigré [tig].

Language Development

Literature. Radio. Dictionary. Texts. Bible portions: 2008–2010.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Bedawiyet
Writing

Arabic script, Naskh variant [Arab], limited usage. Latin script [Latn], used since 1990s, primary usage.

Other Comments

Beja is the Arabic name. Not related to Western Egyptian Bedawi Spoken Arabic (Bedawi) [ayl] or Eastern Egyptian Bedawi Spoken Arabic (Bedawi) [avl]. Muslim.

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