Bilen (African people)
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Name (Latin)
Bilen (African people)
Other forms of name
Balen (African people)
Belen (African people)
Beleni (African people)
Bilan (African people)
Bilayn (African people)
Bilean (African people)
Bilein (African people)
Bilene (African people)
Bileno (African people)
Bilien (African people)
Bilin (African people)
Blin (African people)
Bogo (Eritrean people)
Bogos (African people)
North Agaw (African people)
See Also From tracing topical name
Beja (African people)
Ethnology Eritrea
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q861736
Library of congress:
sh2018002724
Sources of Information
- Work cat: Ragazza bilena [4 gelatin silver photograph postcards], 1936:verso of each (Ragazza bilena [Bilen woman]; Asmara)
- African ethnonyms, 1996(Bilen (Eritrea, Ethiopia); UF Bilin, Bogos; Central Cushitic language; one of the groups included in the collective term Beja)
- Joshua Project website, Oct. 23, 2018(Bilen in Eritrea; the Bilen have only been reported in Eritrea; UF Bilan, Bilean, Bilien, Bogos)
- Ethnologue, October 15, 2018(Bilen, a language of Eritrea; UF Balen, Belen, Beleni, Bilayn, Bilein, Bilene, Bileno, Bilin, Bogo, Bogos, North Agaw; autonym: Blin; classification: Afro-Asiatic, Cushitic, Central, Northern)
- Wikipedia, October 15, 2018(Bilen people. The Bilen people (Blin), formerly known as the Bogo, Bogos, or North Agaw; ethnic group on the Horn of Africa, primarily concentrated in central Eritrea, in and around the cities of Keren and Asmara; they speak the Bilen language, and may also speak Tigre and Tigrinya. Beja people. Subdivisions: The Bejas are divided into clans including the Bisharin, Hedareb, Hadendowa (or Hadendoa), the Amarar (or Amar'ar), Beni-Amer, Hallenga, Habab, Belin [i.e. Bilen] and Hamran)