Berta proper, a.k.a.
Gebeto, is spoken by the Berta (also Bertha, Barta, Burta) in Sudan and Ethiopia.
As of 2006 Berta had approximately 180,000 speakers in Sudan.
[2] The three Berta languages, Gebeto, Fadashi and Undu, are often considered dialects of a single language.
Berta proper includes the dialects Bake, Dabuso, Gebeto, Mayu, and Shuru; the dialect name Gebeto may be extended to all of Berta proper.