Mahas Nobiin

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Mahas Nobiin is a dialect of the Nobiin Nubian language traditionally spoken by the Mahas people along the Nile in northern Sudan and southern Egypt.

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Mahas Nobiin canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf dialect
variety of Nobiin language
associatedPeople Mahas Nubians
linked to: Mahas Nubian
closelyRelatedTo other Nobiin dialects
endangerment vulnerable
ethnicGroup Mahas people
hasLexicalSimilarityWith other Nubian languages
hasPhonologySimilarTo Nobiin standard
linked to: Nobiin
languageBranch Northern Nubian
languageFamily Nilo-Saharan languages
Nubian languages
partOf Nubian linguistic heritage
regionType Nile Valley communities
spokenAlong Nile River
linked to: Nile
spokenIn Egypt
Sudan
spokenInRegion northern Sudan
linked to: Northern Sudan

southern Egypt
linked to: Upper Egypt
status minority language variety
subdivisionOf Nobiin language
subjectOf Nubian dialectology studies
usedFor everyday communication among Mahas people
writingSystem Arabic script
linked to: Arabic alphabet

Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

historically Old Nubian script

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Mahas hasAlternativeName Mahas Nobiin