ISO 639-3 · fiafia
Nilo-Saharan family
Nobiin
Nobiin is a language of the Nile Nubian branch (Nilo-Saharan), spoken in Sudan. Wikidata counts about 669,000 speakers.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
fia- Glottocode
nobi1240- Family
- Nilo-Saharan
- EGIDS
- 6b Threatened
- Wikipedia
- 25 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
3scripts
5levels in the tree
6bEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Nobiin |
|---|---|
| Also called | Nobiin language |
| All speakers | 669,000 |
| Written in | Coptic alphabet, Latin script, Arabic script |
Vitality
EGIDS 6b Threatened6b
Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Nilo-Saharan to Nobiin
The branches above Nobiin, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Sudan
engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalaraArabicAfroasiatic · 315.4 mSafemsaMalayAustronesian · 77 mapdSudanese Arabicunclassified · 31.9 m3 · Wider CommunicationamhAmharicAfroasiatic · 25 m1 · NationalkauKanuriNilo-Saharan · 15 mshuChadian Arabicunclassified · 2.6 m3 · Wider CommunicationbejBejaAfroasiatic · 1.2 m5 · DevelopingtigTigreAfroasiatic · 800,0004 · EducationalfvrFurNilo-Saharan · 746,0005 · Developing