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The Nubian languages (Arabic: لُغَات نُوبِيّة, romanized: lughāt nūbiyyah) are a group of related languages spoken by the Nubians. In the past, Nubian languages were spoken throughout much of Sudan , but as a result of Arabization they are today mostly limited to the Nile Valley between Aswan (southern Egypt ) and Al Dabbah .
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). These languages are now considered to be a ...
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
A Nubian woman circa 1900. 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. Nubia consisted of four regions with varied agriculture and landscapes.
- 99,000 (1960s), 300,000–5,000,000
- 167,831 (1956 census), 793,000
There are Nubian communities of the diaspora in the UK, the USA, the Netherlands and the Arab world. Special characteristics. The documentation is the primary repository for the toponymic nomenclature of Nile Nubian. Collection contents. The data will document many aspects of Nubian languages.
- SOAS University of London
- Nobíin, Kenzi-Andáandi
- Kirsty Rowan, Herman Bell
- Sudan
The Nubian Languages and Culture Project is assisting with safeguarding the intangible heritage and endangered languages of this ancient land, people and culture.
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.
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.
