Editing Beja language (section)

{{Short description|Cushitic language of Northeast Africa}}
{{Infobox language
|name          = Beja
|nativename    = {{lang|bej-Latn|Bidhaawyeet}}, {{lang|bej-Latn|Tubdhaawi}}, {{lang|Bej|تُبڈاوِ}}
|states        = [[Sudan]], [[Eritrea]], [[Egypt]]
|region        = [[Red Sea]]
|ethnicity     = [[Beja people|Beja]]
|speakers      = {{sigfig|2.759000|3}} million
|date          = 2022–2023
|ref           = e27
|script        = [[Latin alphabet]] (limited use)<br />[[Arabic alphabet]] (limited use)
|familycolor   = Afro-Asiatic
|fam2          = [[Cushitic languages|Cushitic]]
|fam3          = [[North Cushitic languages|North]]
|ancestor      = [[Proto-Cushitic language|Proto-Cushitic]]
|ancestor2     = [[Medjay #Language|Medjay]]
|ancestor3     = [[Blemmyan language|Blemmyan]]
|iso2          = bej
|iso3          = bej
|glotto        = beja1238
|glottorefname = Beja
|minority      = {{ERI}}<br>{{SDN}}
|dialects      = [[Hadendoa]] <br /> [[Hedareb people|Hadareb]] <br />[[Amarar tribe|Amarar]] <br /> [[Bishari tribe|Bisharin]]  <br /> [[Beni-Amer people|Beni-Amer]]
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'''Beja''' ({{lang|bej-Latn|Bidhaawyeet}} or {{lang|bej-Latn|Tubdhaawi}}) is an [[Afroasiatic languages|Afroasiatic]] language of the [[Cushitic languages|Cushitic]] branch spoken on the western coast of the [[Red Sea]] by the [[Beja people]]. Its speakers inhabit parts of [[Egypt]], [[Sudan]] and [[Eritrea]]. In 2022 there were 2,550,000 Beja speakers in Sudan, and 121,000 Beja speakers in Eritrea according to [[Ethnologue]]. As of 2023 there are an estimated 88,000 Beja speakers in Egypt. The total number of speakers in all three countries is 2,759,000.<ref name="Bej">{{cite web|title=Beja|url=https://www.ethnologue.com/language/bej/|publisher=Ethnologue|accessdate=11 September 2023}}</ref>
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