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)
Wikipedia description:
The Bilen (also variously transcribed as Blin, and also formerly known as the Bogos or Northern Agaw) are a Cushitic ethnic group in Eritrea. They are primarily concentrated in central Eritrea, in and around the city of Keren and further south toward Asmara, the nation's capital. They are split into two sub-tribes: Bet Tarqe and Bet Tawqe which are split into further clans known as Hissat. The Tawke has six whereas the Tarke has five which each are divided into smaller kinship groups.
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