Berta language


Berta proper, a.k.a. Gebeto, is spoken by the Berta 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:
TopicPostverbal subjectPostverbal object
Iàl-lɪ́ɪ̀-ɟì
you ŋɡó-ŋó-ŋɡó
he, she, itɲìnè-néɲìnè, -né
weχàtâŋ-ŋàaχàtâŋ
you χàtúχátúχàtú
theymèréeméréemèrée