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Language code: bej

Technical information about ISO 639 language code bej

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The table below provides technical details for the Bedawiyet, Beja language, designated by the bej code from the ISO 639-2 standard.

Code

bej

Name

Bedawiyet, Beja

Text direction

Left-to-Right

Language varieties
BishariHadendowaBeni-AmerAmararArteiga
Related languages
AfarSahoSomaliOromoBilin
Key facts
Only living member of the North Cushitic branchRich oral heritage that preserves some of the oldest recorded Afro-Asiatic poetryUses both Arabic-based and Latin-based scripts, but has no single standard orthographyVerbal morphology marks gender and number of the subject, a rarity in many Afro-Asiatic tonguesLanguage vitality is weakening as younger speakers increasingly shift to Sudanese Arabic.
Sample phrase

سَلَام، كَمَّ هَلِّك؟

Character encodings

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

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The Bedawiyet, Beja language, identified by the code bej, falls under the 'Individual' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Living' by its type.

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