Also Known As:
Kinubi, Ki-Nubi, Kinúbi, Rután Núbi
Dialects & Varieties
- Ugandan Kinubi
- Kenyan Kinubi
An Arabic Creole in Africa: The Nubi Language of Uganda
Inneke Wellens. An Arabic Creole in Africa: The Nubi Language of Uganda. PhD thesis, Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen, 2003. Online: http://repository.ubn.ru.nl/bitstream/2066/19253/1/19253_arabcrina.pdf.
Threatened
20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~25,000
Native Speakers Worldwide
Speakers
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Ethnic or community population
25,000
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Location and Context
Countries
Uganda
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Other Languages Used By The Community
Arabic
Number of Other Language Speakers:
Few
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Writing Systems
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Recent Resources
The wikipedia page for the Nubi language. Includes phoneme tables and untranslated text sample.