Nobiin
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Nobiin is a Nile-Nubian language spoken primarily by Nubian communities in southern Egypt and northern Sudan, known for its ancient roots and rich oral tradition.
All labels observed (2)
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Eastern Sudanic language
ⓘ
Nile-Nubian language ⓘ Nubian language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Fadicca
ⓘ
Mahas ⓘ
surface form:
Fadicca-Mahas
Mahas ⓘ Mahas Nubian ⓘ Nile Nubian ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Dongolawi
ⓘ
Kenzi ⓘ |
| endangeredStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Nubians ⓘ |
| family |
Nilo-Saharan languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Nilo-Saharan
|
| hasAncestor |
Nilo-Saharian
ⓘ
surface form:
Nile-Nubian
Old Nubian script (historically) ⓘ
surface form:
Old Nubian
|
| hasAncientRoots | true ⓘ |
| hasCommunityRevitalizationEfforts | true ⓘ |
| hasConsonantLengthContrast | true ⓘ |
| hasDialects | true ⓘ |
| hasGrammaticalFeature |
case marking by suffixes
ⓘ
postpositions ⓘ |
| hasLoanwordsFrom | Arabic ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length
ⓘ
emphatic consonants ⓘ |
| hasRichOralTradition | true ⓘ |
| hasTone | true ⓘ |
| hasVowelLengthContrast | true ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Arabic ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | fia ⓘ |
| languageStatus | minority language ⓘ |
| morphologicalType | agglutinative ⓘ |
| primaryWordOrder | SOV ⓘ |
| region |
Sudan
ⓘ
surface form:
northern Sudan
southern Egypt ⓘ |
| spokenAlong |
Nile
ⓘ
surface form:
Nile River
|
| spokenIn |
Egypt
ⓘ
Sudan ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Nubian languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Nile-Nubian languages
Nubian languages ⓘ |
| taughtIn | community-based language classes ⓘ |
| usedBy | Nubian communities ⓘ |
| usedIn |
folklore
ⓘ
oral literature ⓘ songs ⓘ storytelling ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Arabic script
ⓘ
Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
historically Old Nubian script ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.