Bishari tribe
Total population | |
---|---|
42,000[citation needed] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Sudan | 15,000 (1992)[1] |
Egypt | Unknown |
Languages | |
Beja (Bidhaawyeet), Arabic | |
Religion | |
Islam | |
Related ethnic groups | |
other Beja |
The Bishari (
Demographics
The Bishari live in the eastern part of the
The Bishari population numbers around 42,000 individuals. Most people of the tribe move within the territory of Sudan, where members have political representation in the Beja Congress.[3]
Language
The Bishari speak the Beja language as a mother tongue. It belongs to the Cushitic branch of the Afroasiatic family.[4]
The Beja inhabiting Sudan also speak Sudanese Arabic as a second language.[4] In 1949, a member of the Bishari tribe stated that when they meet a stranger, they immediately ask "'Are you biggaweijet (=Bišari) or belaeijt (Arab)?'" and continued "‘...We call our language biggawija and it contains many elements of Arabic (belaeijet).'"[5]
Economy
The Bishari are traditionally nomadic people, working in
Religion
The Bishari are mostly
See also
- Amarar
- Hadendoa
- Beni-Amer people
References
- ^ "Languages of Sudan". Ethnologue. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
- ^ a b Starky, Janet. "Perceptions of the Ababda and Bisharin in the Atbai". University of Durham. Archived from the original on 10 March 2006. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
- ^ ISBN 978-2-8288-0081-9. Archived from the original(PDF) on 2009-06-17. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
- ^ a b "Bedawiyet". Ethnologue. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
- ^ Starkey, Janet (June 2001). "Perceptions of the ʿAbabda and Bisharin in the Atbai". Sudan Studies (26): 40.
- ^ a b "Egypt People". Britannica. Archived from the original on 24 November 2016. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
- ISBN 9789774160943. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
- ^ al-Maqdisī, Abū Nasr Muṭahhar (1899–1919). Huart, Charles (ed.). Le Livre de la Creation et de l'Histoire d'Abou Zaid. Paris: Publ. de l'Ecole des Languages Vivantes Sier IV. p. 148.
- ^ "Beja, Bisharin in Sudan".