Alternate Names: Bedauye, Bedawi, Bedawiye, Bedja, Beja, Tu Bdhaawi, Tu-Bedawie
Dialects: Beni-Amir, Bisharin (Bisariab), Hadareb (Hadaareb), Hadendoa (Hadendiwa, Hadendowa). Little vocabulary in common with other Cushitic languages, but a great deal of the verbal morphology is similar.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 951,000 in Sudan (1982 SIL). 30,000 Hadendoa, 15,000 Bisharin (1992). Population total all countries: 1,186,000.
Language Use: All domains. All ages. Positive attitudes. Also use Sudanese Spoken Arabic [apd], Tigré [tig].
Language Development: Poetry. New media. Radio programs. Dictionary. Bible portions: 2008–2010.
Typology: SOV; prefixes, postpositions, causatives, reciprocals, reflexives, subject; suffixes distinguish person, number, gender.
Writing System: Arabic, Latin
Nation of Origin: Sudan
Other Comments: Beja is the Arabic name. Not related to Western Egyptian Bedawi Spoken Arabic (Bedawi) , or Eastern Egyptian Bedawi Spoken Arabic (Bedawi) ,.