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The Languages of the northern sudan: an Historical perspective

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 January 2009

Bruce G. Trigger
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Various theories have been proposed concerning the homeland of the Nubian languages. Current historical and linguistic evidence suggests that it was in Kordofan or Darfur and that Nubian first entered the middle reaches of the Nile between A.D. 200 and 500. There it replaced Meroitic, which appears to have been spoken in the area for a long time. Meroitic may, but has not yet been proved to be a language of the Eastern Sudanic group. If so, the persistence of many cultural traits in the Sudan may be correlated with the stability of the Eastern Sudanic-speakers in the same area.

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The Journal of African History , Volume 7 , Issue 1 , March 1966 , pp. 19 - 25
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1966

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