Nubians

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Nubians
Total population

495 000

Regions with significant populations
Egypt, Sudan
Language(s)
Nobiin, Egyptian Arabic, Sudanese Arabic
Religion(s)
Sunni Islam, Coptic Christianity

The Nubians are an ethnic group in southern Egypt and northern Sudan.

The Nubian Tribes in Sudan inhabit the region between Halfa in the north to north Aldaba in the south. The main Nubian tribes are from north to south are: Halfaweyen, Sikut (Sickkout), Mahas and Danagla. They speak different dialects of the Nubian language.

The Nubians today, as well as the Arabic-speaking groups of northern Sudan, all show a clear physical continuity with the ancient Nubians.

Nubians on Nile bank near Aswan
Nubians on Nile bank near Aswan

  • Rouchdy, Aleya (1991). Nubians and the Nubian Language in Contemporary Egypt: A Case of Cultural and Linguistic Contact. Leiden: Brill Acdemic Publishers. ISBN 9004091971. 
  • Valbelle, Dominique; Charles Bonnet (2007). The Nubian Pharaohs: Black Kings on the Nile. Cairo: American University in Cairo Press. ISBN 977416010X. 
  • Warnock Fernea, Elizabeth; Robert A. Fernea (1990). Nubian Ethnographies. Chicago: Waveland Press Inc.. ISBN 0881334804. 
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