Nile Nubian

E230376

Nile Nubian is a modern Nubian language of the Nilo-Saharan family spoken along the Nile in southern Egypt and northern Sudan.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Nile Nubian canonical 6
Nile Nubian dialect continuum 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Nubian language ⓘ
language ⓘ
modern language ⓘ
basicWordOrder SOV ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Darfur Nubian ⓘ
linked to: Nubians

Kordofan Nubian ⓘ
linked to: Nubians
documentedSince medieval period ⓘ
endangeredStatus vulnerable ⓘ
geographicDistribution Nile Valley between Aswan and Dongola ⓘ
hasAncestor Old Nubian ⓘ
hasDialect Dongolawi ⓘ
Kenzi ⓘ
Kenzi-Dongolawi ⓘ
linked to: Dongolawi

Mattokki ⓘ
Nobiin ⓘ
hasHistoricalStage Medieval Nubian ⓘ
Old Nubian ⓘ
hasISOStatus coveredByMultipleISO639-3Codes ⓘ
hasLoanwordsFrom Arabic ⓘ
hasMorphologicalType agglutinative ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length ⓘ
tonal distinctions ⓘ
hasResearchField Nubian linguistics ⓘ
hasVariety Nile Nubian dialect continuum ⓘ
linked to: Nile Nubian
influencedBy Arabic ⓘ
isMinorityLanguageIn Egypt ⓘ
Sudan ⓘ
languageBranch Nubian ⓘ
linked to: Nubians
languageFamily Nilo-Saharan ⓘ
spokenAlong Nile River ⓘ
linked to: Nile
spokenIn Egypt ⓘ
Sudan ⓘ
spokenInRegion northern Sudan ⓘ
southern Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Upper Egypt
subclassOf Eastern Sudanic language ⓘ
Nilo-Saharan language ⓘ
subjectOf Nubian language revitalization efforts ⓘ
usedByEthnicGroup Egyptian Nubians ⓘ
linked to: Nubians

Nubians ⓘ
Sudanese Nubians ⓘ
linked to: Nubians
usedInDomain daily communication ⓘ
music ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ
writingSystem Arabic script ⓘ
Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

Old Nubian script ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nobiin → alternativeName → Nile Nubian ⓘ
Nubian languages → hasBranch → Nile Nubian ⓘ
Mahas → languageBranch → Nile Nubian ⓘ
Nile Nubian → hasVariety → Nile Nubian dialect continuum ⓘ
linked to: Nile Nubian
Kenuzi → subfamily → Nile Nubian ⓘ
Birgid → languageBranch → Nile Nubian ⓘ
Nobiin language → alternativeName → Nile Nubian ⓘ