Nobiin
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Summary
Nobiin is a language[1]. Nobiin ranks in the top 3% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (531 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Sudan[3]
- Instance of: modern language[4]
- Subclass of: Nobiin Nubian[5]
- Writing system: Coptic script[6], Latin script[7], Arabic script[8]
- Commons category: Nobiin language[9]
- Topic's main category: Category:Nobiin language[10]
- Number of speakers, writers, or signers: 669,000[11]
- Indigenous to: Khartoum[12]
- Exact match: http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/FIA[13]
- Ethnologue language status: 6b Threatened[14]
- Linguistic typology: subject–object–verb[15]
Why It Matters
Nobiin has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] Nobiin is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]