Nobiin

FIA

threatened

Alternate Names: Fiadidja-Mahas, Mahas-Fiadidja, Mahas-Fiyadikkya

Dialects: Mahas (Mahasi, Mahass). Lexical similarity: 67% with Kenzi ,, but not intelligible of it.

Genealogy:

Nilo-Saharan
Eastern Sudanic
Eastern
Nubian
Northern

Demographics: 295,000 in Sudan (1996). Population total all countries: 605,000.

Language Use: Some young people, all adults. Also use Sudanese Spoken Arabic [apd].

Language Development: Poetry. Bible portions: 1860–1899.

Writing System: Arabic, Coptic (Old Nubian), Latin

Nation of Origin: Sudan