Blemmyan | |
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Region | Eastern Desert and Lower Nubia (modern day Sudan and Egypt) |
Ethnicity | Blemmyes |
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Coptic alphabet | |
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Blemmyan, Blemmye, Old Beja or Old Bedauye is an extinct Afroasiatic language of the Cushitic branch that was spoken by the Blemmyes in the Eastern Desert. Its identification as an early form of Beja is generally accepted.