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[[Kategorio:Afrikaziaj lingvoj]]
<!--{{language
|name=Beja
|nativename=بداوية ''Badāwīyä''
|states=[[Egypt]], [[Sudan]], [[Eritrea]]
|speakers=1,178,000
|familycolor=Afro-Asiatic
|iso2=bej|iso3=bej}}
'''Beja''' (also called Bedawi, Bedauye, To Bedawie) is an [[Afro-Asiatic languages|Afro-Asiatic language]] of the southern coast of the [[Red Sea]], spoken by about two million nomads, the [[Beja people|Beja]], in parts of [[Egypt]], [[Sudan]], and [[Eritrea]].
It is usually seen as [[Cushitic languages|Cushitic]], but several scholars, notably [[Robert Hetzron]] (1980), have regarded it as an independent branch of Afro-Asiatic.
==See also==
*[[Ababde]]
==External links==
*[http://www.sakanab.wtcsites.com An electronic newspaper in Beja ياربُ تِكْوكْوه]
*[http://www.sakanab.wtcsites.com/grammar.htm A Beja grammar (in Arabic)]
*[http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=bej Ethnologue report on Beja] (Bedawi)
*[http://www.panafril10n.org/wikidoc/pmwiki.php/PanAfrLoc/Bedawi PanAfrican L10n page on Bedawi]
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[[Kategorio:Afro-Asiatic languages]]
[[Kategorio:Cushitic languages]]
[[Kategorio:Languages of Eritrea]]
[[Kategorio:Languages of Sudan]]
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