What are some unique things about your language?

[DuctTape]

Beja is the Provençal or Breton of Sudan. Finished.

We get it

 

[Apollo]

This reminds me, when I visited Valencia, Spain, I had no idea it was a Catalan speaking area until after I left the country. Although not everyone is fluent in it and uses it, it's still apparently used around the community and at home.

We get it

Of the major languages in Ethiopia (excluding Oromo, Amharic, Somali) with more than 1 million speakers (Tigrinya, Sidamo, Wolaytta, Gurage, Afar) would you say would get fucked over like Beja?

I predict Afar may be squeezed out.

 

[Beja]

Of the major languages in Ethiopia (excluding Oromo, Amharic, Somali) with more than 1 million speakers (Tigrinya, Sidamo, Wolaytta, Gurage, Afar) would you say would get fucked over like Beja?

I predict Afar may be squeezed out.

when did we get fucked over?

 

[Apollo]

when did we get fucked over?

Figuratively, your language is definitely under threat of replacement.

 

[Beja]

Figuratively, your language is definitely under threat of replacement.

Nonsense, all the diaspora kids speak Beja and Arabic is barely used in our region.

 

[Vanguard]

Nonsense, all the diaspora kids speak Beja and Arabic is barely used in our region.

How many Beja speakers are there around the world?

 

[DuctTape]

Of the major languages in Ethiopia (excluding Oromo, Amharic, Somali) with more than 1 million speakers (Tigrinya, Sidamo, Wolaytta, Gurage, Afar) would you say would get fucked over like Beja?

I predict Afar may be squeezed out.

Probably Afar also to be honest.
I think it has the lowest number of speakers out of that list, and there's risk of Afar being replaced by languages like Amharic in Ethiopia or Somali in Djibouti.

 

[Beja]

How many Beja speakers are there around the world?

There's no accurate data but I read somewhere that it's close to 6 million.

 

[Apollo]

Nonsense, all the diaspora kids speak Beja and Arabic is barely used in our region.

Rural backwards Bejas may speak it as their L1, but the urban and/or academically inclined Bejas in Sudan all speak better Arabic than Beja. That's one of the biggest telltale signs of a language in decline.

 

[Beja]

Rural backwards Bejas may speak it as their L1, but the urban and/or academically inclined Bejas in Sudan all speak better Arabic than Beja. That's one of the biggest telltale signs of a language in decline.

Port Sudan is urban yet Beja is more spoken than Arabic, same with Kassala (although it's not as Urban).

Khartoum is a mixed bag.

 

[Apollo]

Port Sudan is urban yet Beja is more spoken than Arabic, same with Kassala (although it's not as Urban).

Khartoum is a mixed bag.

I know two Beja guys from Kassala and they both only speak Arabic with their family. They are 100% Beja. I kid you not.

 

[Beja]

I know two Beja guys from Kassala and they both only speak Arabic with their family. They are 100% Beja. I kid you not.

They're probably Ababda or grew up in the middle east.

 

[Prince Abubu]

Probably Afar also to be honest.
I think it has the lowest number of speakers out of that list, and there's risk of Afar being replaced by languages like Amharic in Ethiopia or Somali in Djibouti.

Afars, like Somalis, are nomadic. Their language is not going to be extinct. It's highly agricultural populations where there's a lot of mixing, like Sidama and Agew/Bilen, that are in danger of losing their language.

 

[ሕጊ።።]

Of the major languages in Ethiopia (excluding Oromo, Amharic, Somali) with more than 1 million speakers (Tigrinya, Sidamo, Wolaytta, Gurage, Afar) would you say would get fucked over like Beja?

I predict Afar may be squeezed out.

No, the languages you mentioned I doubt it... They have many speakers

 

[Bahal]

Welcome Beja, I've never met a Beja online or irl

Some tough looking motherfuckers

 

[government]

Somali has different suffix for non native verbs not the Arabic ones since they've been in the somali Language for too long
Is that something unique with Somali or not

 

[Beja]

They were from Germany. So, European diaspora. Odd situation, never really questioned them about it.

I observed a similar situation with an Eritrean 'Bilen' guy (Keren) whose family has language shifted to Arabic.

All the tiny Cushitic languages of that area seem to be in decline.

Well some people view any language other than Arabic/English as useless since it doesn't make money. Personally I disagree with that mindset but I understand why some would think that.

There are millions of speakers and the number is rising, I don't see it declining in our lifetime. One or two euro diaspora kids not knowing the language is nothing compared to the households of 4+ kids speaking Beja.

 

[adaharari]

qh, x, q, q', x', or however else you want to write it in Latin

I don't know it

 

[adaharari]

Somali has different suffix for non native verbs not the Arabic ones since they've been in the somali Language for too long
Is that something unique with Somali or not

What do you mean by that, an example would be good

 

[adaharari]

Afars, like Somalis, are nomadic. Their language is not going to be extinct. It's highly agricultural populations where there's a lot of mixing, like Sidama and Agew/Bilen, that are in danger of losing their language.

It also has to do with how much land a language inhabits I think that also counts towards this