Historical photograph of a group of Bishari people by G. Lekegian, c. 1895
Total population
42,000[citation needed]
Regions with significant populations
Sudan
15,000 (1992)[1]
Egypt
Unknown
Languages
Beja (Bidhaawyeet), Arabic
Religion
Islam
Related ethnic groups
other Beja
The Bishari (Arabic: البشارية, romanized: al-Bishāriyyah, or البشاريين, romanized: al-Bishāriyyīn; Beja: Oobshaari) are a Cushitic ethnic group ethnic group who live in parts of Northeast Africa. They are one of the major divisions of the Beja people. Apart from local dialects of Arabic, the Bishari speak the Beja language, which belongs to the Afroasiatic family of the Cushitic branch.
Photo of a Bisharin man from Augustus Henry Keane's Man, Past and Present (1899)
^"Languages of Sudan". Ethnologue. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
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