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Old Nubian (also called Middle Nubian or Old Nobiin) is an extinct Nubian language, attested in writing from the 8th to the 15th century AD. It is ancestral to modern-day Nobiin and closely related to Dongolawi and Kenzi. It was used throughout the kingdom of Makuria, including the eparchy of Nobatia.
- Nubian languages
The Nubian languages ( Arabic: لُغَات نُوبِيّة, romanized :...
- Nobiin language
Nobiin is a tonal language, in which tone is used to mark...
- Nubian languages
The Meroitic script consists of two alphasyllabic scripts developed to write the Meroitic language at the beginning of the Meroitic Period (3rd century BC) of the Kingdom of Kush. The two scripts are Meroitic Cursive, derived from Demotic Egyptian, and Meroitic Hieroglyphs, derived from Egyptian hieroglyphs. Meroitic Cursive is the most widely ...
- Mero, 100: Meroitic Hieroglyphs, Merc, 101: Meroitic Cursive
- 300 BC – 600 AD
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The Coptic script is the script used for writing the Coptic language, the latest stage of Egyptian. The repertoire of glyphs is based on the uncial Greek alphabet, augmented by letters borrowed from the Egyptian Demotic. It was the first alphabetic script used for the Egyptian language. There are several Coptic alphabets, as the script varies ...
- left-to-right
- Coptic language
- 2nd century A.D. to present (in Coptic liturgy)
- Alphabet
Old Nubian was a variety of Nubian, a member of the Eastern Sudanic branch of Nilo-Saharan language, and an ancestor of Nobiin and other modern Nubian languages. It was spoken along the Nile valley in what is now southern Egypt and northern Sudan. The earliest texts in Old Nubian date from the 8th century AD, and the most recent from 1485.
Nobiin is a member of the Northern Nubian branch of the Nilo-Saharan languages. It is spoken along the Nile valley in southern Egypt and northern Sudan by about 610,000 people (in 2006). The native name of the language, Nòbíín, means " (language) of the Nubians", from Nòòbíí (Nubian). It is thought to be a descendent of Old Nubian, which ...
