The Nubian language group, according to the most recent research by Bechhaus-Gerst comprises the following varieties: Nobiin (previously known by the geographic terms Mahas or Fadicca/Fiadicca). Kenzi-Dongolawi. Kenzi (or Kenuzi) is spoken north of Mahas in Egypt while Dongolawi is spoken south of Mahas around Dongola; they are generally considered two varieties of one language.

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  • The Nubian language group, according to the most recent research by Bechhaus-Gerst comprises the following varieties: Nobiin (previously known by the geographic terms Mahas or Fadicca/Fiadicca). Kenzi-Dongolawi. Kenzi (or Kenuzi) is spoken north of Mahas in Egypt while Dongolawi is spoken south of Mahas around Dongola; they are generally considered two varieties of one language. With population displacement due to the Aswan High Dam there are communities of Nubian speakers in Lower Egypt and in Eastern Sudan. Apart from these two distinct varieties spoken along the Nile, three other varieties existed. Midob (Meidob) in and around the Malha volcanic crater in North Darfur. Birgid - originally spoken north of Nyala around Menawashei until the 1970s. The last surviving aged speakers were interviewed by Thelwall at this time. Some equally aged speakers on Gezira Aba just north of Kosti on the Nile south of Khartoum were interviewed by Thelwall in 1980. Hill Nubian – a group of closely related dialects spoken in various villages in the northern Nuba Mountains – in particular Dilling, Debri, and Kadaru. Old Nubian is preserved in at least a hundred pages of documents, mostly of a Christian religious nature, written with an uncial variety of the Greek alphabet, extended with three Coptic letters and three unique to Old Nubian, apparently derived from Meroitic. These documents range in date from the 8th to the 15th century A.D. Old Nubian is currently considered ancestral to modern Nobiin. Synchronic research on the Nubian languages began in the last decades of the nineteenth century, first focusing on the Nile Nubian languages Nobiin and Dongolawi/Kenzi. Several well-known Africanists have occupied themselves with Nubian, most notably Lepsius (1880), Reinisch (1879), and Meinhof (1918); other early Nubian scholars include Almkvist and Schäfer. Additionally, important comparative work on the Nubian languages has been carried out by Thelwall and Bechhaus-Gerst in the second half of the twentieth century.
  • Die nubischen Sprachen werden heute im nördlichen und westlichen Sudan sowie im südlichen Ägypten gesprochen. Linguistisch gehören sie zum ostsudanischen Sprachzweig der nilosaharanischen Sprachen. Die bedeutendste nubische Sprache ist das Nobiin.
  • Les langues nubiennes constituent un groupe linguistique qui englobe (Bechhaus-Gerst) : Le nobiin (ancien mahas ou fadicca/fiadicca); Le dongolawi et le kenzi; Le midob (meidob); Le birgid; Le "nubien des collines" - qui regroupe les dialectes des montagnes nubiennes. L'ancien nubien est préservé sur une centaine de feuilles manuscrites, notamment des textes religieux chrétiens, écrits avec une forme onciale de l'alphabet grec, complété de lettres coptes et de lettres probablement dérivées du méroïtique. Ces documents datent du VIIIe au XVe siècle. L'ancien nubien est l'ancêtre du nobiin.
  • Język nubijski - wspólna nazwa podgrupy języków nilo-saharyjskich używanych w dorzeczu Nilu w południowym Egipcie oraz północnym i środkowym Sudanie.
  • Нубийские языки — одна из двух ветвей тама-нубийской семьи языков, традиционно включаемой в состав восточносуданской надсемьи нило-сахарской макросемьи. Распространены в Судане и на крайнем юге Египта, все носители активно владеют арабским.
  • Nubiska språk är en grupp östsudanesiska språk som hör till de nilo-sahariska språken. De flesta nubiska språk saknar alfabet men tre förslag finns på att införa ett skriftspråk genom att använda något av antingen det arabiska, det latinska eller det gamla nubiska alfabetet. Sedan 1950-talet har alla tre alfabet använts i uppslagsverk och läroböcker.
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  • The Nubian language group, according to the most recent research by Bechhaus-Gerst comprises the following varieties: Nobiin (previously known by the geographic terms Mahas or Fadicca/Fiadicca). Kenzi-Dongolawi. Kenzi (or Kenuzi) is spoken north of Mahas in Egypt while Dongolawi is spoken south of Mahas around Dongola; they are generally considered two varieties of one language.
  • Die nubischen Sprachen werden heute im nördlichen und westlichen Sudan sowie im südlichen Ägypten gesprochen. Linguistisch gehören sie zum ostsudanischen Sprachzweig der nilosaharanischen Sprachen. Die bedeutendste nubische Sprache ist das Nobiin.
  • Les langues nubiennes constituent un groupe linguistique qui englobe (Bechhaus-Gerst) : Le nobiin (ancien mahas ou fadicca/fiadicca); Le dongolawi et le kenzi; Le midob (meidob); Le birgid; Le "nubien des collines" - qui regroupe les dialectes des montagnes nubiennes.
  • Język nubijski - wspólna nazwa podgrupy języków nilo-saharyjskich używanych w dorzeczu Nilu w południowym Egipcie oraz północnym i środkowym Sudanie.
  • Нубийские языки — одна из двух ветвей тама-нубийской семьи языков, традиционно включаемой в состав восточносуданской надсемьи нило-сахарской макросемьи. Распространены в Судане и на крайнем юге Египта, все носители активно владеют арабским.
  • Nubiska språk är en grupp östsudanesiska språk som hör till de nilo-sahariska språken. De flesta nubiska språk saknar alfabet men tre förslag finns på att införa ett skriftspråk genom att använda något av antingen det arabiska, det latinska eller det gamla nubiska alfabetet. Sedan 1950-talet har alla tre alfabet använts i uppslagsverk och läroböcker.
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  • Nubian languages
  • Nubische Sprachen
  • Langues nubiennes
  • Język nubijski
  • Нубийские языки
  • Nubiska språk
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