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Nubi

Also Known As

Kinubi; Ki-Nubi; Kinúbi; Rután Núbi

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Pidgin or Creole; Arabic based

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Language code (ISO 639-3)

kcn

Variants & Dialects

Arabic

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An Arabic Creole in Africa: The Nubi Language of Uganda
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An Arabic Creole in Africa: The Nubi Language of Uganda
Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)
Kinubi
Promoting Documentation and Maintenance of Kinubi, a Minority Creole in Kenya (ELF grant abstract)
The World Atlas of Language Structures
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~25,000

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25,000

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Few

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2003

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Uganda

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Arabic

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36,220

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26,100 in Uganda (2002 census).

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2009

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2013

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Kenya, Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan

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"In East Africa, the Nubi communities are proud of their language and see it as one of the features of their identity."

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Latin

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Swahili, English

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"... competition with English and Swahili may endanger the use of Kinubi, especially in big cities such as Mombasa and Nairobi, as it did in Tanzania, where it seems that Swahili has replaced Kinubi among the Nubi communities."

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~10,000

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"Kinubi is spoken in Kenya by the Nubi linguistic minority of about 10,000 people."

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2008

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2005

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  1. The Origins of East African Nubi
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  2. Kinubi
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  9. The diversity of Arabic language with remarks on Ki-Nubi Arabic grammar and vocabulary
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  16. Un créole arabe: le kinubi de Mombasa, Kenya
    Luffin, Xavier. 2005. "Un Créole Arabe: Le Kinubi De Mombasa, Kenya." 07: 470. München: Lincom.
  17. Early East African Pidgin Arabic
    Kaye, A. and M. Tosco. 1993. "Early East African Pidgin Arabic." In Sprache und Geschichte in Afrika, 14: 269-305.
  18. The Nubi Language of Kibera - An Arabic Creole
    Heine, Bernd. 1982. "The Nubi Language of Kibera - An Arabic Creole." III: Berlin: Dietrich Reimer.
  19. Ki-Nubi and Arabic: a comparative study
    Abdon Agaw Jok Nhial. 1975. "Ki-Nubi and Arabic: a Comparative Study." In Directions in Sudanese Linguistics and Folklore, edited by Sayyid Hamid Hurreiz and Herman Bell. 81-93. Khartoum University Press.
  20. The World Atlas of Language Structures
    2005. "The World Atlas of Language Structures." edited by Bernard Comrie et al. Oxford University Press.
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    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.
    http://repository.ubn.ru.nl/bitstream/2066/19253/1/19253_arabcrina.pdf
  22. Promoting Documentation and Maintenance of Kinubi, a Minority Creole in Kenya (ELF grant abstract)
    Benson Oduor Ojwang. 2008. "Promoting Documentation and Maintenance of Kinubi, a Minority Creole in Kenya (ELF Grant Abstract)." Online: http://www.endangeredlanguagefund.org/ll_projects_2008.php.
    http://www.endangeredlanguagefund.org/ll_projects_2008.php
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