ISO 639-3 · kcnkcn
Arabic-based pidgin and creole languages family · creole or pidgin
Nubi
Nubi is a creole or pidgin of the Arabic-based pidgin and creole languages branch, spoken in Uganda and Kenya. Wikidata counts 42,000 first-language speakers (2002). Wikidata describes it as “Sudanese Arabic-based creole language”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
kcn- Glottocode
nubi1253- EGIDS
- 6b Threatened
- Wikipedia
- 14 language editions
42,000first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
2countries
1scripts
1levels in the tree
6bEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Nubi |
|---|---|
| Also called | Ki-Nubi, Nubi Arabic |
| L1 speakers | 42,000 (2002) |
| Written in | Arabic script |
| Kind | creole or pidgin |
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 Arabic-based pidgin and creole languages to Nubi
The branches above Nubi, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
3Arabic-based pidgin and creole languagesfamilykcnNubilanguage
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in Uganda
engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalswhKiswahiliNiger–Congo · 98.3 m1 · NationalswaSwahiliNiger–Congo · 15.4 mkinKinyarwandaNiger–Congo · 9.8 m1 · NationalrunKirundiNiger–Congo · 8.8 m1 · NationallugLugandaNiger–Congo · 5.1 m3 · Wider CommunicationcggKigaNiger–Congo · 2.4 m4 · EducationalnynRunyankoleNiger–Congo · 2.3 m4 · EducationallajLangoNilo-Saharan · 2.1 m5 · DevelopingachAcholiNilo-Saharan · 1.2 m5 · Developing