 Berta playing horns during a wedding ceremony | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 390,000 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Ethiopia: 208,759[1] Sudan: 180,000[2] | |
| Languages | |
| Berta | |
| Religion | |
| Islam | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Gumuz, Uduk, Wetawit |
The Berta (Bertha) or Funj or Benishangul are an ethnic group living along the border of Sudan and Ethiopia. They speak a Nilo-Saharan language that is not related to those of their Nilo-Saharan neighbors (Gumuz, Uduk). The total population of Ethiopian-Bertas in Ethiopia is 208,759 people. Sudanese-Bertas number around 180,000.
- ^ "Census 2007" csa.gov.et Archived 2017-10-20 at the Wayback Machine, Table 3.1
- ^ "Berta". Ethnologue. Retrieved 23 September 2023.