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Berta language

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Native to
  
Sudan, Ethiopia

Ethnicity
  
Berta people, Wetawit

Region
  
Benishangul-Gumuz

Native speakers
  
370,000 all Berta languages (2006–2007) 80% monolingual in Ethiopia (1998 census)

Language family
  
Nilo-Saharan? Berta languages Berta

ISO 639-3
  
wti (all Berta languages)

Berta proper, a.k.a. Gebeto, is spoken by the Berta (also Bertha, Barta, Burta) in Sudan and Ethiopia.

The three Berta languages, Gebeto, Fadashi and Undu, are often considered dialects of a single language. Berta proper includes the dialects Bake, Dabuso, Gebeto, Mayu, and Shuru; the dialect name Gebeto may be extended to all of Berta proper.

Pronouns

The pronouns of Berta are as follows:

References

Berta language Wikipedia