Eng. 'ivory' < Fr. 'ivoire' < Latin 'ebur' < Meroitic */ambur/

New publication on Dinka by NILOMORPH member Mirella Blum - "Dialectal tone description enhances historical tonology", in @diachronica.bsky.social www.jbe-platform.com/content/jour...

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NEW: Read in Coptic: The Tower of Babel Read the story of The Tower of Babel (Genesis 11:1-9), which might be titled ⲡⲓⲡⲩⲣⲅⲟⲥ ⲛ̀ⲧⲉⲃⲁⲃⲩⲗⲟⲛ, in Coptic with translation, grammatical notes and discussion.

Today I gave my first-ever presentation at the yearly Colloquium on African Languages and #Linguistics. My question to the Africanists, Afroasiaticists, Cushiticists: why do we think #Cushitic is a thing? 1/14

Excited to share the article that @mmonier.bsky.social and I wrote on the Introduction to the Gospels by ibn al-Assal and its Arabic and Ethiopic traditions 🤩 brill.com/view/journal...

Painting of Queen Martha of Dotawo (Makuria) w/ Virgin Mary touching her shoulder while holding Jesus as a child / 11th C. AD Analysis of Greek text accompanying the painting in the Old Nubian script below. #Dotawo #Makuria #NubianChristianArt #NubianArt #MedievalArt #AfricanArt #ByzantineGreek

Nubian-Coptic ostracan Nubian Coptic ⲁⲡⲉⲛⲧⲓ ⲃⲩⲛⲉ "date" /apenti/ ⲉⲣⲡⲉⲕⲉ ⲏⲣⲡ "wine" /erpeke/ ⲁⲥⲕⲟⲩ ⲡⲟⲉⲓⲕ "bread" /asku/ ⲉ̄ⲧⲧⲱ ⲙⲟⲟⲩ "water" /ettō/ * Database of Medieval Nubian Texts (DBMNT) Text 1148 www.dbmnt.uw.edu.pl/texts/1148/

The Trinitarian formula in #OldNubian الصيغة الثالوثية (البسملة) باللغة النوبية القديمة 《ⲡⲁⲡⲗ̄ⲇⲉ ⲟⲛ ⳟⲁⲗⲇⲉ ⲟⲛ ⲥⲉⲩⲁⲣⲧⲟⲩ ⳟⲥ̄ⲥⲗ̄ⲇⲉⲕⲉⲛ ⲧⲁⳟⲥ̄ⲗⲟⳝⲱⲁ̄ ⲧⲗ̄ⲗⲟⲩ ⲟⲩⲉⲗ ⲁⲙⲏⲛ》

#Nobiin neologisms ⲉⲡⲓⲱ (ebiō) 'honey, عسل' < #Coptic ⲉⲃⲓⲱ ⲉⲡⲓⲱⲛ ⲕⲟⲩⲧⲧⲓ (ebiōn kutti*) 'bee, نحل' > lit. 'Honey fly' ebiō-n kutti honey-genitive fly [Cf. Copt. ⲁϥ ⲛⲉⲃⲓⲱ 'honey fly'] * Regressive Assimilation /l/ + /t/ > /tt/: kul-ti > kutti

#Nobiin words that are etymologically derived from #Greek

I still struggle with tones in #Nobiin sometimes, so this video summary offers great guidance on how to approach tone transcription. More please!

Allen Asiimwe and I made a video with the basics of tone transcription and analysis: youtu.be/KqrlX2Xjh7g?...

#Սուդանահայ #Sudanahye is a research project that documents the history & cultural heritage of #SudaneseArmenians. Many Armenians came to Sudan fleeing the #ArmenianGenocide of 1915 by the Ottoman empire, followed by a later wave of immigration in the 1950s. Insta: @/Sudanahye sudanahye.com

ⲓⲇ ⳣⲉⲉ ⲧⲁⲫⲛⲟⲥⲕⲓⲕⲱ ⲓⲛ ⲅⲁⲁⲣⲕⲉⲙⲥⲟⲗⲁⲧⲱⲛ ⲓⲙⲙⲟⲩⲟⲩⲛ ⳟⲓⲥⲥⲟⲩ ⲓⲥⲁⲁⲕ ⲛⲓⲛⳣⲉⲉⲗⲁⲧⲱⲛ íd wèe tàfnóskíkṓ ìn gàarkémsólátṓn ímmùun ~ŋíssú ìsáak nìnwéelátṓn~ 'A humble man is not of this world.' ~St. Isaac of Nineveh~ #Nobiin

Just finished Aaron Hornkohl's 2023 'The Historical Depth of the Tiberian Reading Tradition of #Biblical #Hebrew' (👇 #OpenAccess). Full review forthcoming, but here's a few highlights for you. Hornkohl collects 25 cases where the reading tradition deviates from the consonantal text and finds: 1/7

The coordinating conjunction 'But' in Nile #NubianLanguages are Arabic loans based on لَكِن or أَمَّا Almkvist (1877): illākin (Nobiin/Andaandi); lākin (Mattok.) Reinisch (1879): ammā, lākin Lepsius (1880): ammā; lākin, lākinī; mādal* (Nob.) Werner (1987): làakíin (Nob.)

ⲁⲓ̈ ⲟⲩⲕⲕⲁ ⲕⲟⲣⲉⲉⲛ ⲭⲣⲓⲥⲧⲟⲥⲓⲛ ⲟⲩⲛⲛⲓⲓⲧⲧⲁ ⲅⲟⲩⲟⲩⲣⲁⲛⲇⲓⲕⲱ ⲫⲓⲣⲅⲓⲣ ay ukka korēn k(h)ristosin unnītta gūrandikō firgir I wish you a joyful Christmas! #Nobiin #NubianLanguage #Christmas    #اللغة_النوبية #حلفا_محس_فاديجا

#Nobiin ⲟⲩⲗⲟⲩⲙ (ùlùm), #Andaandi / #Mattoki ⲉⲗⲟⲩⲙ (elum): 'crocodile' #NobiinProverb ⲟⲩⲗⲟⲩⲙⲅⲁ ⲡⲁϩⲁⲣⲣⲁ ⲁⲛⲅⲓⲓ ⲓⲓⲅⲓⲛⲛⲁ ùlùmgà báhárrá àngíi íigìnnà 'In the river, call the crocodile uncle.' #NubianLanguages

#Nobiin ⲅⲟⲩⲅⲙⲉ (gùgmè), pl. ⲅⲟⲩⲅⲙⲉⲅⲟⲩⲟⲩ/ⲅⲟⲩⲅⲙⲉⲉⲛϭⲓⲓ (gùgmègúu/gùgmèenčìi): 'Owl' #Matokki / #Andaandi ⲟⲩⲅⲙⲉ (ugme) #NobiinProverb : ⲅⲟⲩⲅⲙⲉⲅ ⲉⲣⲅⲓ ϩⲁⲣⲁⲁⲡⲓⲗ ⳝⲟⲩⲟⲩ (gùgmèg érgí hàráabìl júù) 'He who follows owls, reaches ruins' i.e. Following bad/evil company leads to ruin

#Meroitic 𐦲𐦷𐦲𐦡 (kdke /kandakə/): 'queen, queen-mother' #Nobiin ⲕⲁⲛⲇⲁⲕⲉ (kandake) #Greek: κανδάκη (kandákē) plural: κανδάκες (kandákes) > #Latin : Candacē > #English : Candace

ⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ/ⳟⲥ̄ⲥⲟⲩ ⲡⲁⲛⲧⲉⲗⲉⲓⲙⲟⲛ, ϣⲟⲅⲅⲓⲇⲕⳡ̄ⳡⲁ ⳟⲥ̄ⲥⲁ Saint Panteleimon, Holy Unmercenary agios/ŋissou panteleimon saint, holy šoŋgid-kiɲɲ-a silver-(to be) without-predicate ŋiss-a holy-predicate #OldNubian *Artist: @artofmarza.bsky.social

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Today's quick update [Dec 2]: - RSF's heavy bombardment of Zamzam IDP Camp continues for 2nd consecutive day; at least 6 people have been killed, dozens injured. - The bombing has triggered a new wave of mass displacement from Sudan's largest camp. #KeepEyesOnSudan

Bringing this back up on the TL because Jin is still in need of support. Any contribution you can make will go a long way towards securing housing & safety for her. Please help! #mutualaid

In #OldNubian , reciprocity is expressed through reduplication of ⲟⲩⲉⲗ (ouel) ‘one’: ⲟⲩⲉⲣⲟⲩⲉⲗ (ouerouel) ‘each other’. The reduplicated root is weak & exhibits regressive assimilation. *Modern #Nobiin ⳣⲉⲉⲣⳣⲉⲉ (wērwē), ⳣⲉⲉⳣⲉⲉ (wēwē) 'one another'

#Nobiin ⲕⲟⳡⲓⲅⲟⲩⳡⲓ (koɲiguɲi): 'face/medical mask' ⲕⲟⳡ (koɲ): 'face' + ⲅⲟⲩⳡⲓ (guɲi): 'shield' > ⲕⲟⳡⲓⲅⲟⲩⳡⲓ (koɲiguɲi): lit 'face-shield' #OldNubian terms for 'shield': ⲅⲟⲩⲉⲓ (gouei) & ⲕⲁⲣ (kar). The latter survives in modern #Andaandi & #Matokki

@razzzan.bsky.social وانا اقول ليه بقى عندي متابعين كتار فجأة كدا، اتاريني في ال starter pack حقت السودانيين 😂😂😭😭😭

I don't know that I'm totally comfortable leaving the fates of endangered languages in the hands of tech giants and more "inclusive" AI tools. Language endangerment is invariably a structural, societal problem that cannot be redressed from afar in Silicon Valley.

There is no language death other than language murder, really. Whole languages don’t die „of natural causes”, they are always killed by deliberate policies.

Language death is never peaceful.

‘And the one [sc. Adam] said to God:“The woman you gave to me, she deceived me.”And he spoke to Eve, and the latter said: “The serpent deceived me.”’ Screenshot from: "A Reference Grammar of Old Nubian" by Vincent W.J. van Gerven Oei #OldNubian

Cf. #Nobiin ⲥⲟⲡⲉⲉ (sobē); #Andaandi / #Matokki ⲥⲁⲡⲉⲉ (sabē); #OldNubian: ⲥⲁⲩⲁ̄ⲧⲁⲛ = 'wall' #OldNubian ⲇⲓⳟⲁⲣⲟⲗⲅⲟⲩⲛⲁ ⲥⲁⲩⲁ̄ⲧⲁⲛⲁⲗⲱ (πολεμουμένων τεῖχος) Source: Stauros-Text (St): 1983e, ’Griffith’s Stauros-Text’

NEW on The #Coptist blog: 'A note by Champollion in Coptic' Read the note written in #Coptic in Champollion's own hand over 200 years ago.

#Greek άταραξία: tranquility of mind; absence of mental disturbance; equinamity Not attested in #OldNubian. But as direct loan would likely appear as : ⲁⲧⲁⲣⲁⲝⲓⲁ

Vincent W.J. van Gerven Oei from Punctum Books makes an interesting point that access to journals within the Global South includes considerations re. Internet bandwidth. People need to be able to download issues onto their smartphones & publishing in image-heavy pdfs is inaccessible. #OpenAccess

'Light' and 'light' are etymologically unrelated. 'Light' (not heavy) as in 'a light load' stems from a different word than 'light' (bright) as in 'a light room'. Due to regular sound changes, they happened to converge. In German, they're still different: 'leicht' vs. 'licht'. Click for more:

Mice and locusts having a ball 🕺🐁🦗 Ethiopia, 18th–19th c. #mice #locust #vermin #field #africananimals #africanart

Some phonological diff bw #OldNubian & modern #Nobiin: In ON, /n/ is restricted to medial & final position; /m/, /ŋ/ to initial & medial; /ɲ/ to medial. In modern Nob., /ŋ/ is only medial or final. Most words with initial /ŋ/ in ON have /n/ in Nob.:

#Nobiin ŭ́ru, #OldNubian ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩ (ourou): 'king' Ultimately derived from #Meroitic 𐦳𐦣𐦫𐦡 > qore/qurə: 'ruler, sovereign' Cf. #Nuer kuäär 'king, chief' Pic: ⲙⲱⲩ̄ⲥⲏ ⲅⲉⲱⲣⲅⲓⲱⲥⲓ ⲇⲱⲧⲁⲩⲟⲛ ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩ Moses George, King of Dotawo (Makuria)

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The fact that 'Worcester' is pronounced 'Wooster' is wild. But have you ever seen the five-syllable Old English name it stems from? 'Weogornaċeaster'. It meant "fortified settlement of the Weogoran (a Saxon tribe)". Click to hear a reconstruction of its pronunciation:

Ok but why am I being told my bluesky handle is invalid when it was previously fine??

Ok, I definitely think it's time I revisited learning BJA (Baghdadi Judeo-Arabic)! So glad I discovered @pharyngealschwa.bsky.social on Twitter before the great fall💃🏾

ⳝⲟⲩⲛⳝⲟⲩⲣⲧⲓⲅⲟⲩⲟⲩ ⲙⲓⲣⲓⲅⲟⲩⲟⲩ junjurtigū mirigū New Beginnings #Nobiin #NubianLanguages