Kenzi language
| Kenzi | |
|---|---|
| Mattokki | |
| Native to | Egypt |
| Region | Nile River |
Native speakers | 50,000 (2014)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | xnz |
| Glottolog | kenu1243 |
| ELP | Kenuzi |
Kenzi (Kenuzi), also known as Mattokki, is a Nubian language of Egypt. It is spoken north of Mahas in Egypt. It is closely related to Dongolawi or Andaandi, a Nubian Language of Sudan. The two have historically been considered two varieties of one language. More recent research recognizes them as distinct languages without a "particularly close genetic relationship."[2] With population displacement due to the Aswan High Dam there are communities of speakers in Lower Egypt. Recent linguistic research on the Kenzi language has been conducted by Ahmed Sokarno Abdel-Hafiz.[3]
External links
References
- ^ Kenzi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Bechhaus-Gerst, Marianne. The (Hi)story of Nobiin — 1000 Years of Language Change. Peter Lang, 2011, p. 22.
- ^ Abdel-Hafiz, Ahmed Sokarno (1988). A Reference Grammar of Kunuz Nubian (PDF). Buffalo: State University of New York. Retrieved 2015-05-02.
 | This Egypt-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |