Bedawi (Beja - Bedja) - بداوية
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- 1. Classification / Classification
- 2. Where Spoken / Localisation géographique
- 3. Number of Speakers / Nombre de locuteurs
- 4. Dialect Survey / Enquête de dialecte
- 5. Usage / Utilisation
- 6. Orthography / Orthographe
- 7. Use in ICT / Utilisation dans les TIC
- 8. Localisation resources / Ressources pour localisation
- 9. Comments / Remarques
- 10. References / Références
1. Classification / Classification
Afro-Asiatic, Cushitic, North (Ethnologue?)
2. Where Spoken / Localisation géographique

Mainly in coastal Sudan, into northern Eritrea and perhaps southeastern Egypt.
Map at right is an illustration of possible extent of use of Bedawi.
3. Number of Speakers / Nombre de locuteurs
According to Ethnologue:
- 951,000 in Sudan (1982 SIL)
- 150,000 in Eritrea (2001 Johnstone and Mandryk)
- (no figures for Egypt)
The Wikipedia article cites a figure of 2 million.
4. Dialect Survey / Enquête de dialecte
According to Ethnologue: Hadendoa (Hadendowa, Hadendiwa)
- Hadareb (Hadaareb)
- Bisharin (Bisarin, Bisariab)
- Beni-Amir
- Ababda
- Amara
5. Usage / Utilisation
6. Orthography / Orthographe
6.1 Status / Statut
Written in Arabic script, apparently with some modified characters (verify).
6.2 Sample Alphabet / Alphabet exemple
7. Use in ICT / Utilisation dans les TIC
7.1 Fonts / Polices
Arabic fonts with extended characters (?) include the necessary characters (verify).
7.2 Keyboard layouts / Dispositions de clavier
7.3 Content on computers & internet / Contenu en informatique et sur l'Internet
"U Sakanah" online newspaper at http://www.sakanab.wtcsites.com/
7.4 Localized software / Logiciels localisés
None known of.
7.5 Language codes / Codes de langue
Beja, Bedja
- ISO 639-1: -
- ISO 639-2: bej
- ISO 639-3: bej
7.6 Locales / Paramètres régionaux
7.7 Other / Autre
8. Localisation resources / Ressources pour localisation
8.1 Individuals (experts) / Individuelles (experts)
8.2 Institutions / Institutions
8.3 On the internet / Sur la toile
Rosetta Project http://www.rosettaproject.org/archive/bej/view?searchterm=Bedawi
Virtual keyboard/character pickers:
- Lexilogos clavier arabe http://www.lexilogos.com/clavier/araby.htm
- Arabic block character picker http://people.w3.org/rishida/scripts/pickers/arabic-block/
9. Comments / Remarques
10. References / Références
SIL International, Ethnologue: Languages of the World, "Bedawi," http://www.ethnologue.com/language/bej
SIL International, "ISO 639 Code Tables," http://www-01.sil.org/iso639-3/codes.asp
U.S. Library of Congress, "ISO 639.2: Codes for the Representation of Names of Languages: Alpha-3 codes arranged alphabetically by the English name of language," http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/php/English_list.php
Wikipedia, "Bedja (langue)," https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedja_%28langue%29
______, "Beja language," https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beja_language
______, "Kibedawiyet,"https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kibedawiyet
______, "Língua beja," https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Língua_beja
______, "لغة باجة" https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/لغة_باجة
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