Langenesis

Afro-Asiatic family

Beja

c. 500 CE – today Living

Beja (c. 500 CE – today) is a living Afro-Asiatic language. Lineage: Proto-Afro-Asiatic → Proto-Cushitic → Beja.

See Beja on the interactive map
ISO 639-3
bej
Glottocode
beja1238

North Cushitic language of the Red Sea hills of Sudan, Egypt and Eritrea; sole member of its branch. Some scholars treat it as an independent Afro- Asiatic branch.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Afro-Asiaticc. 10,000 BCE – 7,000 BCE
  2. Proto-Cushiticc. 5,000 BCE – 3,000 BCE
  3. Bejac. 500 CE – today

Sister languages 1

Also descended from Proto-Cushitic.

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