The Beja people are an ethnic Cushitic people inhabiting Sudan, Egypt, and Eritrea.

The Beja people are an ethnic Cushitic people inhabiting Sudan, Egypt, and Eritrea.

The Beja people are an ethnic Cushitic people inhabiting Sudan, Egypt, and Eritrea.

In recent history, they have lived primarily in the Eastern Desert. They number around 1,237,000 people.

The majority of Beja people speak the Beja language as a mother tongue, which belongs to the Cushitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic family. In Eritrea and southeastern Sudan, many members of the Beni Amer grouping speak Tigre.

While many secondary sources identify the Ababda as an Arabic-speaking Beja tribe due to their cultural links with the Bishaari, this is a misconception: The Ababda do not consider themselves Beja, nor are they so considered by other Beja peoples.