Berta people
Berta playing wazza horns during a wedding ceremony | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 390,000 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Ethiopia: 208,759 Sudan: 180,000 | |
| Languages | |
| Berta | |
| Religion | |
| Islam | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Gumuz, Uduk, Wetawit |
The Berta (Bertha) also known as Benishangul (Bela Shangul, or simply Shangul), and Funj are an ethnic group living along the border of Sudan and Benishangul-Gumuz Region of 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.