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Name:
Berta
Alternate Names:
Beni Shangul; Bertha; Barta; Burta; Wetawit; Jebelawi
Spoken in:
Sudan, Ethiopia
Number of speakers:
125,000 in Ethiopia (1994 census), increasing. 99,689 monolinguals. 8,715 Fadashi. Population total all countries: 147,000
(Ethnologue)
Code:
wti
Code Authority:
ISO 639-3
Code Standard:
SIL
Families:
Nilo-Saharan
Parent Subgroup:
Berta (bert)
Child Dialects:
Gobato (wti-gob)
Undu (wti-und)
Bake (wti-bak)
Shuru (wti-shu)
Fadashi (wti-fad)
Mayu (wti-may)
Dabuso (wti-dab)

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