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- Nubian languages, group of languages spoken in Sudan and southern Egypt, chiefly along the banks of the Nile River (where Nobiin and Kenzi [Kenuzi] are spoken) but also in enclaves in the Nuba Hills of southern Sudan (Hill Nubian) and in Darfur (where Birked [Birgid] and Midob [Midobi] are spoken).
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Nubian languages, group of languages spoken in Sudan and southern Egypt, chiefly along the banks of the Nile River (where Nobiin and Kenzi [Kenuzi] are spoken) but also in enclaves in the Nuba Hills of southern Sudan (Hill Nubian) and in Darfur (where Birked [Birgid] and Midob [Midobi] are spoken).
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Modern Nubians speak Nubian languages, Eastern Sudanic languages that is part of the Nilo-Saharan family. The Old Nubian language is attested from the 8th century, and is the oldest recorded language of Africa outside of the Afroasiatic family.
There are two Nile Nubian languages: Nobíin was located on both sides of the Sudanese Egyptian border. It was traditionally located between the 3rd cataract of the Nile in northern Sudan and the village of Korosko [correctly pronounced Kuruskó] in Egyptian Nubia.
- SOAS University of London
- Nobíin, Kenzi-Andáandi
- Kirsty Rowan, Herman Bell
- Sudan
Included among Nilo-Saharan languages are Masalit in North Darfur; various Nubian dialects of Northern Sudan; and Jieng and Naadh (Nuer) in Southern Sudan. [1] Many other languages are spoken by a few thousand or even a few hundred people. [1]
Nov 21, 2022 · Nubian languages are spoken, not only in the vicinity of the Nile, but also wes t and southwest of the Nile valley, more specifically in western Sudan and the Nuba Mountains in Sudan.
- Gerrit Jan Dimmendaal
The linguistic prehistory of Nubia. 2022 •. Gerrit Dimmendaal. Evidence from historical linguistics, philology, archaeology, and, more recently, genetics enables us to reconstruct part of the complex history of the area in southern Egypt and northern Sudan which has come to be known as Nubia.
Nubians traditionally lived in the Nile valley in southern Egypt and northern Sudan. They are characterised by having retained their own languages – Kenzi, Nobiin and Dongolawi – in an Arabic-speaking environment throughout the last centuries. Language boundaries go along with ethnic groups.
