Nubian Languages

GPTKB entity

Properties (46)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf language family
gptkbp:code KEN
DNG
NOB
gptkbp:conservationEfforts vulnerable
gptkbp:culturalHeritage poetry
art
music
storytelling
dance
gptkbp:culturalSignificance Nubian_culture
Nubian_history
gptkbp:historicalEvent influenced_by_Arabic
from_Old_Nubian
gptkbp:historicalSignificance gptkb:Coptic_language
gptkb:Ancient_Egyptian_language
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Nubian Languages
gptkbp:includes Dongolawi
Nobiin
Kenzi
gptkbp:isOrganizedBy gptkb:Sudanese_Arabic
gptkb:Arabic
English
gptkbp:language gptkb:Nilo-Saharan
masculine
feminine
not officially recognized
spoken by communities
Dongolawi dialects
Nobiin dialects
Kenzi_dialects
gptkbp:languageOfInstruction limited
some resources available
gptkbp:languageSpoken ongoing
gptkbp:members gptkb:Eastern_Sudanic_languages
Nubian_branch
gptkbp:notableFeature approximately 1 million
gptkbp:officialLanguage gptkb:Beja_language
gptkb:Meroitic_language
gptkbp:phonology vowel harmony
tonal language
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:Egypt
gptkb:Sudan
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Nilo-Saharan_languages
gptkbp:wrote Arabic_script
Latin_script