Langenesis

Eastern Sudanic family

Old Nubian

c. 700 CE – 1500 CE Extinct

Old Nubian (c. 700 CE – 1500 CE) is an extinct Eastern Sudanic language. It has 1 descendant languages and stages on the map. Lineage: Proto-Eastern Sudanic → Proto-Nubian → Old Nubian.

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ISO 639-3
onw
Glottocode
oldn1245

Written language of the Christian Nubian kingdoms (Makuria), attested in Coptic-derived script from the 8th to the 15th century.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Eastern Sudanicc. 6,000 BCE – 4,000 BCE
  2. Proto-Nubianc. 1,000 BCE – 0 CE
  3. Old Nubianc. 700 CE – 1500 CE

Descendants 1

Sources