Nobiin language

Spoken in

• Nilo-Saharan languages Ostsudanische languages Nubian languages Nobiin

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The Nobiin ( with Tonbezeichnung: Nòbíin; literally, " the Nubian [ language ]") is the most important of the Nubian languages ​​, which in turn belong to the branch of the Nilo-Saharan language family ostsudanischen.

It is further expected to sub-group of the " Nilnubischen " ( More details about the structure, see the articles on the Nubian languages).

Linguistic situation

Dialects of Nobiin are Maha and Fiyadikka.

As a medieval precursor of Nobiin applies the Altnubische.

The Speaker of the Nobiin use nowadays almost all the Arab in its local varieties as a second language.

The Nobiin is re- written with Arabic, Latin, and even occasionally with altnubischen letters, however, there is no standardized orthography.

Linguistic characteristics

The Nobiin is a tonal language with two important distinctive pitches, high and low:

• Tweeter: Áy "heart", úr "their"
• Woofer: AY " I ", ur "head"

For long vowels may result from the combination of both a falling tone arise:

• NEEL " I drink " as opposed to
• NEEL "Nil ", where the long vowel has a high frequency

At the verb, inter alia, the person is marked (the subject ).

The basic word order is subject-object - verb.

Words of basic vocabulary

The verbs in each case the form of the first person singular present active is indicated.