The Hedareb people include the Beni-Amer

Beni-Amer

Beni-Amer is a mixed ethnic group that formed in the fourteenth century AD from the Beja, the Tigre and of Biher-Tigrinya people of Eritrea. They occupy the borders between much of Eritrea's Barka valley and the Kassala area of Eastern Sudan. The Beni-Amer speak To-Badiwe and...

 people who have retained the use of the Beja language

Beja language

Beja or North Cushitic is an Afro-Asiatic language of the southern coast of the Red Sea, spoken by about two million nomads, the Beja, in parts of Egypt, Sudan, and Eritrea.-Classification:...

, the To-Bedawi (Hedareb). They also include the subtribes: Hashish, Labat, and Halenqua. The Hedareb people are predominately Sunni Muslims.

Most Hedareb speakers speak at least one other language, typically Arabic

Arabic language

Arabic is a name applied to the descendants of the Classical Arabic language of the 6th century AD, used most prominently in the Quran, the Islamic Holy Book...

 or Tigre

Tigre language

For other uses please see Tigre Tigre is a Semitic language, which, along with Tigrinya, is believed to be one of direct descendants of the extinct Ge'ez language...

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They are also one of the nine linguistically defined sub-nationalities of Eritrea

Eritrea

Eritrea , officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa. Eritrea derives it's name from the Greek word Erethria, meaning 'red land'. The capital is Asmara. It is bordered by Sudan in the west, Ethiopia in the south, and Djibouti in the southeast...

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