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Minority languages In southern Egypt, Saidi Arabic is the main spoken language for most people. In the far-Southern Upper Nile Valley, around Kom Ombo and Aswan , there are about 300,000 speakers of Nubian languages , mainly Nobiin , but also Kenuzi .
- Egyptian Arabic (98%), (de facto lingua franca)
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 ...
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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
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 ...
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Apr 25, 2017 · Sa'idi Arabic is spoken by 29% of the population in modern day Egypt. The language is mainly spoken by the Sa'idis, who are concentrated in the South of Cairo all the way to the Sudanese border. Linguistically, the language is similar to Egyptian Arabic and Sudanese Arabic. Sa'idi Arabic is mostly popular among non-urbanized people and rural ...
Sep 23, 2021 · Nubian filmmaker Hafsa Amberkab is reclaiming the power of narrative by connecting younger generations to their language and culture that was lost in their drowned ancestral land. In the opening ...
