language: kcn

Information
has URI	http://lexvo.org/id/term/language/kcn
has gloss	eng: The Nubi language (also called Ki-Nubi) is a Sudanese Arabic-based creole language spoken in Uganda around Bombo, and in Kenya around Kibera, by the descendants of Emin Pasha's Sudanese soldiers who were settled there by the British colonial administration. It was spoken by about 15,000 people in Uganda in 1991 (according to the census), and an estimated 10,000 in Kenya; another source estimates about 50,000 speakers as of 2001. 90% of the lexicon derives from Arabic , but the grammar has been simplified, as has the sound system. Nubi has the prefixing, suffixing and compounding processes also present in Arabic.
lexicalization	eng: Nubi Language
lexicalization	eng: Nubi
subclass of	(noun) a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols; "he taught foreign languages"; "the language introduced is standard throughout the text"; "the speed with which a program can be executed depends on the language in which it is written" language, linguistic communication

Meaning
Breton
lexicalization	bre: Nubieg
German
has gloss	deu: Nubi (auch Ki-Nubi oder Kinubi) ist eine Sprache, die von etwa 25.000 Personen in Uganda in der Umgebung von Bombo und in Kenia in der Umgebung von Kibera gesprochen wird. Sie wird als eine Kreolform des Arabischen aufgefasst und hat 90 % des Wortschatzes mit dem Arabischen gemein. Grammatik und Lautsystem sind allerdings stark vereinfacht.
lexicalization	deu: Nubi
French
has gloss	fra: Le nubi (ou ki-nubi) est une langue créole à base lexicale arabe, dérivé de l et parlé autour de Bombo en Ouganda et de Kibera au Kenya par les descendants des soldats soudanais dEmin Pasha qui y furent établis par ladministration coloniale de lEmpire britannique. Le nubi a environ 15 000 locuteurs en Ouganda et 10 000 au Kenya.
lexicalization	fra: nubi

Media
media:img	Old Nubian manuscript.jpg