| Also Known As: Bedawye,Bedja,Bedauye,Bedawiye,Beja,Lobat,To-bedawie,Bedwi,Bedya,Bedawi,Bedàwie
Description:
Beja (also called Bedawi, Bedauye, To Bedawie) 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.
It is usually seen as Cushitic, but several scholars, notably Robert Hetzron (1980), have regarded it as an independent branch of Afro-Asiatic...... full article at Wikipedia |
