Nubian · North Africa

Old Nubian

Extinct

Old Nubian is documented so far only to the level of long grammar.

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FamilyNubian
StatusExtinct
DocumentationLong grammar
ISO 639-3onw
Glottocodeoldn1245

Spoken in Sudan

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Closest relatives

Languages sharing the deepest branch of Nubian's family tree with Old Nubian.

  1. Nobiin

    Threatened
    Long grammar

  2. Kenuzi-Dongola

    Shifting
    Long grammar

  3. Birked

    Extinct
    Phonology, text or dictionary

  4. Dair

    Shifting
    Phonology, text or dictionary

  5. Dilling

    Shifting
    Long grammar

  6. El Hugeirat

    Moribund
    Phonology, text or dictionary

  7. Haraza

    Extinct
    Wordlist or less

  8. Kadaru

    Shifting
    Phonology, text or dictionary

Reference data for Old Nubian from Glottolog 5.2.1, licensed CC-BY-4.0. Hammarström, Harald & Forkel, Robert & Haspelmath, Martin & Bank, Sebastian. 2025. Glottolog 5.2.1. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. (Available online at https://glottolog.org)