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1 day ago · Beja language. Beja ( Bidhaawyeet or Tubdhaawi) is an Afroasiatic language of the 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.
2 days ago · Languages. The Beta Israel once spoke Qwara and Kayla, both of which are Agaw languages. Now, they speak Tigrinya and Amharic, both Semitic languages. Their liturgical language is Geʽez, also Semitic. Since the 1950s, they have taught Hebrew in their schools.
1 day ago · The Semitic languages are a branch of the Afroasiatic language family. They include Arabic , Amharic , Aramaic , Hebrew , and numerous other ancient and modern languages. They are spoken by more than 330 million people across much of West Asia , North Africa , [a] the Horn of Africa , [b] [c] Malta , [d] and in large immigrant and expatriate ...
6 days ago · Comprehensive reference information for the world's languages, especially the lesser known languages. Concise Encyclopedia of Languages of the World is an authoritative single-volume reference resource comprehensively describing the major languages and language families of the world.
6 days ago · What is an endangered language? There is surprisingly little consensus, even in the terms which are used to discuss them. One may also find references to dying languages, vanishing languages, language obsolescence, and language attrition. In addition, anthropological linguistics is often used to discuss linguistic minorities.
4 days ago · Spanish, Japanese and Korean are America’s favourite languages. According to a report by Pew Research Centre, the U.S. Hispanic population reached 60.6 million in 2019, up 930,000 over the previous year, representing an 18% of the total share of the U.S. population and becoming the country’s second-largest ethnic group.
4 days ago · A human language is a language that has come into existence for the primary purpose of communication between humans. This type of language can evolve naturally or can be constructed intentionally, but in all cases its defining characteristic is its use for communication between humans.
