Group of Nubian peoples inhabiting the Nuba Mountains of Sudan
Hill Nubians
Total population
103,050
Regions with significant populations
Sudan (Nuba Mountains)
Languages
Hill Nubian
Religion
Sunni Islam
Related ethnic groups
Nubians
Hill Nubians are a group of Nubian peoples who inhabit the northern Nuba Mountains in South Kordofan state, Sudan. They speak the Hill Nubian languages. Despite their scattered presence and linguistic diversity, they all refer to themselves as Ajang and call their language Ajangwe, "the Ajang language".[1]
^Rilly, Claude; Voogt, Alex de (2012-08-27). The Meroitic Language and Writing System. Cambridge University Press. p. 73. ISBN 9781139560535.
HillNubians are a group of Nubian peoples who inhabit the northern Nuba Mountains in South Kordofan state, Sudan. They speak the HillNubian languages...
warriors, the ancient Nubians were famous for their skill and precision with the bow and arrow. In the Middle Ages, the Nubians converted to Christianity...
The HillNubian languages, also called Kordofan Nubian, are a dialect continuum of Nubian languages spoken by the HillNubians in the northern Nuba Mountains...
with the Nubians, an unrelated ethnic group speaking the Nubian languages living in northern Sudan and southern Egypt, although the HillNubians, who live...
The Nubian languages (Arabic: لُغَات نُوبِيّة, romanized: lughāt nūbiyyah) are a group of related languages spoken by the Nubians. In the past, Nubian languages...
Approximately 255 pyramids are known to have been constructed by the Nubians, more than double the number constructed in Ancient Egypt. Later Napatan...
the Daju, HillNubian, Kadu, Katla, Lafofa, Nyima, Rashad, Talodi–Heiban and Temein language groups. Five of these families (Daju, HillNubian, Kadu, Nyima...
"(language) of the Nubians". Another term used is Noban tamen, meaning "the Nubian language". At least 2500 years ago, the first Nubian speakers migrated...
other, Nubians did not acculturate much to Egyptian culture. Notable exceptions include C-group Nubians during the 15th Dynasty, isolated Nubian communities...
Dair (also Dabab, Daier, Thaminyi) is a moribund HillNubian language spoken in the northern Nuba Mountains in the south of Sudan. It was spoken by around...
El Hugeirat (also El Hagarat) is a moribund HillNubian language spoken in the northern Nuba Mountains in the south of Sudan. It is spoken by around 50...
spoken in Uganda around Bombo, and in Kenya around Kibera, by the Ugandan Nubians, many of whom are descendants of Emin Pasha's Sudanese soldiers who were...
Ghulfan (also Gulfan, Uncu, Uncunwee, Wunci, Wuncimbe) is a HillNubian language spoken in the central Nuba Mountains in the south of Sudan. It is spoken...
(also Kadaro, Kadero, Kaderu, Kodhin, Kodhinniai, Kodoro, Tamya) is a HillNubian language spoken in the northern Nuba Mountains in the south of Sudan...
into Chad. According to tradition, the Daju dynasty was conquered by the Nubians-speaking Tunjur people in the 14th century who moved from the North from...
Maasai dictionary: language & culture (Maasai Centre Lemek). Narok: Mill Hill Missionary. Tucker, Archibald N. & Mpaayei, J. Tompo Ole (1955) A Maasai...
as follows, following Stevenson (1956). Daju Eastern Shatt in the Shatt Hills southwest of Kadugli. (The name "Shatt" is also applied to other unrelated...
the Nubians still regarded themselves as Christians. A traveler who visited Nubia around 1500 confirms this, while also saying that the Nubians were...
Haraza is an extinct HillNubian language known only from a few dozen words recalled by village elders in 1923. It was spoken in the Jebel Haraza near...
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