Back شعب بيرتا Arabic شعب بيرتا ARZ Berta (Volk) German Bertoj Esperanto Etnia berta Spanish Bertat Finnish Berta (peuple) French בארטים HE Berta Croatian Berta (popolo) Italian
 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 | |
| Predominantly 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.