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  1. Egypt - Arabic, Coptic, Nubian: The official language of Egypt is Arabic, and most Egyptians speak one of several vernacular dialects of that language. As is the case in other Arab countries, the spoken vernacular differs greatly from the literary language. Modern literary Arabic (often called Modern Standard Arabic or al-fuṣḥā, “clear” Arabic), which developed out of Classical, or ...

  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › NubiansNubians - Wikipedia

    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
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  4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › NubiaNubia - Wikipedia

    Nubia ( / ˈnjuːbiə /, Nobiin: Nobīn, [2] Arabic: النُوبَة, romanized : an-Nūba) is a region along the Nile river encompassing the area between the first cataract of the Nile (south of Aswan in southern Egypt) and the confluence of the Blue and White Niles (in Khartoum in central Sudan ), or more strictly, Al Dabbah.

  5. The ethnic group is larger in Egypt than Sudan, but most are now monolingual in Egyptian or Saidi Arabic. The shift to Arabic is expected to continue in the cities. The language is the center of Nubian identity. Spoken by the Fedicca in Egypt and the Mahas in Sudan. 70% of the men can read Arabic script. Many can read Roman script.

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  6. Sep 23, 2021 · In the opening lines of a forgotten song called Mshkomsy, 70-year-old Haseeba is transported back to her childhood on the banks of the Nile in southern Egypt. Two hundred kilometres north of her ...

  7. The modern region of "Nubia". Nubia is a region in Southern Egypt along the Nile River and in what is now northern Sudan. While the ancient kingdoms of Nubia had changing boundaries, modern Nubia is roughly thought of as the region along the Nile, south of Aswan, up to the Fourth Cataract of the Nile in Sudan. Most of Nubia is situated in Sudan ...

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