Dongolawi

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Dongolawi is a Nubian language spoken primarily along the Nile in northern Sudan, known for its role in preserving the cultural and linguistic heritage of the Nubian people.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Dongolawi canonical 11
Andaandi (Dongolawi) 1
Andaandi-Dongolawi 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Eastern Sudanic language
Nubian language
language
alternativeName Andaandi
Dongola Nubian
linked to: Dongola
closelyRelatedTo Kenuzi-Dongola
country Sudan
endangeredStatus vulnerable
ethnicGroup Nubians
hasMorphology agglutinative
hasPhonology contrastive vowel length
tonal distinctions
hasSpeakers Nubian people
linked to: Nubians
hasTypology SOV word order
languageFamily Nubian languages
region Nubia
role preservation of Nubian cultural heritage
preservation of Nubian linguistic heritage
spokenAlong Nile River
linked to: Nile
spokenIn Sudan
northern Sudan
linked to: Sudan
subclassOf Nilo-Saharan language
subjectOf language revitalization efforts
linguistic documentation projects
usedFor everyday communication in Nubian communities
folklore
oral tradition
writingSystem Arabic script
Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (15)

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

Nubians language Dongolawi
Nobiin closelyRelatedTo Dongolawi
Mahas closelyRelatedTo Dongolawi
Kenzi hasDialectContinuumWith Dongolawi
Kenzi isDistinctFrom Dongolawi
Old Nubian hasDescendant Dongolawi
Nile Nubian hasDialect Kenzi-Dongolawi
linked to: Dongolawi
Nile Nubian hasDialect Dongolawi
Kenuzi-Dongola hasDialect Dongolawi
Kenuzi-Dongola alternativeName Kenzi–Dongolawi
linked to: Dongolawi
Kenuzi-Dongola alternativeName Dongolawi
Andaandi hasAlternativeName Dongolawi
Andaandi hasAlternativeName Andaandi-Dongolawi
linked to: Dongolawi
Andaandi hasAlternativeName Andaandi (Dongolawi)
linked to: Dongolawi