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The Berta languages, or Funj, traditionally considered dialects of a single language, are Gebeto (Berta proper), Fadashi, and Undu. They are either a small family (or language isolate) of their own, or a primary branch of the Nilo-Saharan language family.

Berta
Funj
Geographic
distribution
Ethiopia, Sudan
Linguistic classificationNilo-Saharan?
  • Berta
Subdivisions
ISO 639-3wti
Glottologbert1248

Berta has the typical word order subject–verb–object. It is a tonal language. It has significantly influenced some of the Eastern Jebel languages. The Arabic name "Beni-Shangul" (as in the Ethiopian province of Benishangul-Gumuz) derives from a Berta expression (with bele "rock/stone" misanalyzed as Arabic beni "sons").


Varieties


Bremer (2016)[1] surveys the following 6 varieties of Berta, providing word lists for them as well. Geographical information is from Bremer (2016:2-3). With the exception of Metehara, all surveyed Berta varieties are spoken in the Benishangul-Gumuz Region of Ethiopia. There is very little data for Berta varieties spoken in Sudan.


See also



References


  1. Bremer, Nate D. 2016. A Sociolinguistic Survey of Six Berta Speech Varieties in Ethiopia. SIL Electronic Survey Report 2016-007. Addis Ababa: SIL International.
  2. Bender, M. Lionel. 1989. Berta Lexicon. In Topics in Nilo-Saharan linguistics 271–304. Hamburg: H. Buske.



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[es] Lenguas berta

Las lenguas berta, tradicionalmente consideradas dialectos de una sola lengua, son el berta (o gebeto), el fadasha y el unda. Constituyen juntas una de las ramas primarias de las lenguas nilo-saharianas.[1]



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