Beja

Beja (Badāwīyä / بداوية)

Beja is spoken by about 1.2 million people in parts of Egypt,
Sudan and Eritrea. It is also known as Bedawi, Bedauye or To Bedawie,
and is generally classified as a North Cushitic language, although some
scholars believe it belongs to its own branch of the Afro-Asiatic
language family.

There is a method of writing Beja with the Latin alphabet used
in Eritrea and taught in schools there. It was developed by a Mr and
Mrs Wedekind, linguistics from SIL, in cooperation with the Eritrean
authorities. A method of writing Beja with the Arabic alphabet
is used to some extent in Sudan, though has no official recognition.

Arabic alphabet for Beja

Beja alphabet and pronunciation

Latin alphabet for Beja

Latin alphabet for Beja

Information about the Beja alphabet and pronunciation compiled by Wolfram Siegel

Links

Information about the Beja language and people
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beja_language
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedscha_%28Sprache%29
http://llacan.vjf.cnrs.fr/fichiers/Vanhove/Beja_Bergen.pdf
http://bejaculture.org/ZABORSKI.html
http://orvillejenkins.com/profiles/beja.html

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