Nubia

Today Nubia is the region in the south of Egypt, along the Nile and in northern Sudan, but in ancient times it was an independent kingdom.

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Its people spoke at least two varieties of the Nubian language group, a Nilo-Saharan subfamily which includes Nobiin, Kenuzi-Dongola, Midob and several related varieties in the northern part of the Nuba Mountains in South Kordofan. A variety (Birgid) was spoken (at least until 1970) north of Nyala in Darfur but is now extinct. Old Nubian was used in mostly religious texts dating from the 8th and 9th centuries AD. It is considered ancestral to modern day Nobiin.

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Nile: :For alternative meanings of "Nile", see Nile (disambiguation)...

Sudan: :For the region of the same name, see Sudan (region); for the orange-red dye see Sudan I....

Nubian language: REDIRECT Nubian languages...

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