Sudan, in northeast Africa, is the largest country on the continent, measuring about one-fourth the size of the United States. Consequently, English has become the most spoken language by the literate and elite sections of the South Sudanese society. It is related to languages spoken in both Uganda, South Sudan and Ethiopia and it is spoken by approximately one million people. As noted above, Arabic is the most common language on the continent, although it's concentrated in North Africa. The official languages of Sudan are Arabic and English. Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. the West Atlantic division. Modern Standard Arabic is in principle the same everywhere in the Both English and Juba Arabic, an Arabic pidgin used by several thousand people especially in the capital city of Juba, serve as lingua francas. There shall be no discrimination against the use of either Arabic or English at any level of government or stage of education. Arab world and presumably permits communication among educated persons Beja is the sole Cushitic language in Sudan. Languages in Sudan. South Sudan is a multilingual country, with over 60 indigenous languages spoken. Classification. genuinely multilingual, fluent in a native language spoken at home, a Most of the indigenous languages are now used as national languages. Language Resource: Sudanese Arabic. The capital of Sudan is Khartoum and the population is 36,080,373 with a total Area of 2,505,810 kilometers squared. Niger-Congo languages in Eastern Africa, Southern Africa and Central Africa. Arabic in all Sudan, along with the tribal languages. Arabic is the official language (Ibid.). Some of the tribes in Sudan still have similar accents to the ones in Saudi Arabia. Under the 2005 Constitution of Sudan, Arabic and English are the official languages, as well as the working languages of the national government, with all the indigenous languages to be respected and considered as national languages that need to be developed and promoted by all the Sudanese people. 4.3. The earliest language policies in Sudan's formal education under the British colonial Also spoken by the diaspora in Omdurman. The economy of South Sudan. Various Niger–Congo and Chadic languages, mainly spoken by Western African tribes like Fallata, also known as Fulani and Hausa. However, other language families spoken in South Sudan include the Niger-Congo language, the Ubangi languages, the Banda group of languages, and the Dinka sociolinguistic language. Bari- this is the major language of the southernmost part of Sudan. Juba (or pidgin) Arabic, developed and learned informally, had been There's other African languages including Swahili, Folano, Nubian, and Zandi among others. Sudanese Arabic is the most widely spoken language in the country. groups of each superstock are represented in Sudan, which has been accepted by linguists, and its constituent groups and subgroups are not Only six or seven of them were spoken by 1 American Translation Partners created the Language Locator as a special search tool for our visitors that . C-D: Language Name in English Language Name in French alpha-3 code alpha-2 code Spoken in; Caddo: caddo: cad : Caddo is an almost extinct Native American language (25 speakers), spoken by the Caddo Nation of Oklahoma. The 2005 constitution designated Arabic and English as the official languages of Sudan. Nubian languages, group of languages spoken in Sudan and southern Egypt, chiefly along the banks of the Nile River (where Nobiin and Kenzi [Kenuzi] are spoken) but also in enclaves in the Nuba Hills of southern Sudan (Hill Nubian) and in Darfur (where Birked [Birgid] and Midob [Midobi] are spoken). It is located in an area known as the Horn of Africa and shares a border with Eritrea, Somalia, Djibouti, Sudan, South Sudan, and Kenya.Ethiopia was known historically as Abyssinia and has been the site of many great . Under the 1998 constitution, only Arabic was the official language. Found inside – Page 93MORE THAN 100 languages and 400 dialects are spoken in Sudan . Many of these languages are spoken by quite tiny numbers of people . The main language is a ... The number of languages and dialects in Sudan is assumed to be about firmly fixed, in part because many of the languages have not been well In some African countries . Arabic is a widely spoken national language in Sudan. Sudan is almost entirely Muslim with most citizens speaking Sudanese Arabic. Its speakers include 800,000 inhabitants of Albania, making it the most spoken foreign language in that country. More than 145 languages are linked to the people of Sudan. subdivisions are well represented in Sudan, where roughly seventy-five Nevertheless, in the south, the first two years of primary school classification and as symbols of ethnic identity. Van Gerven Oei notes that the written Old Nubian language was contemporary to Old Nobiin, the spoken vernacular ancestral to present-day Nobiin, a term that was coined in the mid-20th century by . Both English and Juba Arabic, an Arabic pidgin used by several thousand people . The Tigre language, dominant in Eritrea, also has some speakers in Sudan. Major language(s): Country major languages. Area (km2): 2,505,810. In the early 1970s, when this The main Gonga language, with about 1 million speakers, is Kefficho. the most educated know it except by rote. The latter also Over the years, the language has advanced and stabilized well in the country. Some minor languages, with less than 10,000 speakers, and in one case 70,000, were also excluded, some of which are in Asia. 20. 1991, with about 90 percent of the southern third of the country Although some Muslims might become acquainted with classical Nubian language in far north, mainly spoken by Nubians of Mahas, Dongola and Halfa. to forty languages spoken in a limited area of Sudan, the Nuba Mountains option was established, roughly half the general secondary classes There are approxi- of both parts of the Sudan (Reh/Heine 1982, mately 100 different languages spoken in 56ff). Zaghawa language primarily spoken in Darfur and Chad by the Zaghawa people. By 2009 a proposal for a unified language had been worked out, but is not widely known. Such differences have Shilluk- is spoken by 600,000 people west of the White Nile. Dominant tribes welcomed the settlement of other groups and recognized them in local governments. • Language: Arabic is Sudan's official language and is the most widely spoken7. Found inside – Page 94Son TFE 5T~ i UPL SUDAN \2sn in L r : 2TM UDStA JJbyi : 4 21*H V L_. ... Ugtnck WIDESPREAD LANGUAGES SUDANESE SPOKEN ARABIC SUDANESE CREOLE ARABIC NATIONAL ... This book provides a comprehensive overview of current research in African languages, drawing on insights from anthropological linguistics, typology, historical and comparative linguistics, and sociolinguistics. The whose mother tongue is one or another form of colloquial Arabic. Sudan has over 115 languages, and no one of these is spoken by all Sudanese. This group of language speakers probably constitutes a majority of the population. There are also dozens of other languages spoken by smaller ethnic groups. 7,464 profiles covering every language in use today. 2.8.3. Map of the languages of the Nuba Mountains (Wikipedia) International Mother Language Day . Men tend to have a better command of the language than women because of better access to education. It is a distinct form of Arabic that has been influenced by local African languages such as . Some Sudanese who grew up in Cuba as refugees, called Cubans, also learned Spanish and speak it fluently. Meroitic was the main language spoken in northern Sudan not only during the time of the Kingdom of Meroe (ca. It is the variety of Arabic spoken throughout northern Sudan. Approximately 70 languages are native to Sudan. its international character, however, Modern Standard Arabic varies from For a sample of the Turkana language watch the below video: Approximately 114 languages are native to Sudan.More than 500 accents are spoken throughout all of Sudan. Language use, attitudes and identity in Sudan This Kordofanian language, belonging to the Niger-Congo language phylum, is originally spoken in the eastern Nuba Mountains (Quint 2006:2). The economy is heavily dependent on Agriculture. English is the language of instruction for schools of South Sudan. central government, the press, and Radio Omdurman. These barriers have been overcome in part by the From here the major languages of the family gradually dispersed at different times and in different directions--these languages being ancestral to . National language in: Croatia. It presents a solid syllabus for Educational purposes since the Sudan has more than 3000 vernaculars languages and are spoken by different ethnic groups in the Sudan. The official language of the country is English which was introduced in the region during the colonial era (see Anglo-Egyptian Sudan).. Though as many as 134 Languages are spoken in Sudan, Arabic is the country's official language. Found insideThe Oxford Handbook of Ancient Nubia brings together chapters by an international group of scholars on a wide variety of topics that relate to the history and archaeology of the region. The country borders Sudan, Kenya, Uganda and Ethiopia. Other languages spoken are Nubian, Dinka, Azanda, Bari, Nuer and Shilluk. In the last The official languages are Modern Standard Arabic and English. Maba (also called Bura Mabang) is the largest Maban language in terms of number of speakers (more than 250,000). Swahili It was also the chief language at the University of Khartoum and small groups of people. Domari language, mainly spoken by Halabi/Nawar and Ghajar clans. This makes the two languages the most popular . 133 are currently spoken languages and 9 languages are extinct. half in English in Bahr al Ghazal and Al Istiwai provinces. If implemented, Arabic would have replaced English, which had been used as a language of instruction in the southern parts of the country for a long period of time. Sudanese Arabs account for 70% of the population of Sudan, with the rest of the population being Arabized ethnic groups of Beja, Copts, Nubians and other peoples. The two most widely spoken languages in Ethiopia are Oromo and Amharic.. Ethiopia is the world's second largest land-locked nation, with a population of over 100 million. 2.8.4. Most languages spoken in Africa fall into four language superstocks. Found insideThis volume explores the central role of language across all aspects of public and private life in Africa. other sectors of the economy include industry, tourism service sector media and communication, banking sector among others. Some of the indigenous languages with the most speakers include Dinka, Nuer, Bari, and Zande.. Chadic Arabic in western region, mainly spoken by Baggara and various Arabized African tribes. The main languages spoken at home by Sudan-born people in Australia are Arabic, Dinka and various African languages. the Semitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family. Languages that are no longer used include Mittu, Togoyo, and Homa. Three of them—Afro-Asiatic, Niger-Kordofanian, and Nilo-Saharan—are represented in Sudan. Found inside – Page 53The main languages of South Sudan Scholars agree that four great language families include all the languages spoken in Africa. Three of them, Nilo-Saharan, ... The most linguistically diverse region in the country are the Nuba Hills in Kordofan, inhabited by speakers of multiple language families, with Darfur and the Ethiopian border regions being second. European languages are official in most African countries, due to their colonial history. According to Peter Behrens and Marianne Bechaus-Gerst, linguistic evidence suggests that the peoples of the C-Group culture in present-day southern Egypt and northern Sudan spoke Berber languages. Found inside – Page 64A brief summary of the position of languages as spoken by Sudanese on the ground ... Sudanese colloquial Arabic is spoken as the main tongue by 15 million, ... South Sudan has about 60 languages. Sudan is known to have two official languages. These languages are now considered to be a part of the Nilo-Saharan language family. Generally, educated Sudanese have a good understanding of the English language. other tongues of the Adamawa-Eastern language division, and Fulani of Daza language (also known as Gorane or Gouran) is primarily spoken in Chad, Niger and Libya, but there is also a small community of about 3000 speakers in Omdurman. It has been, however, the language used in Sudan's English is the official language of many other African countries such as Kenya and Uganda. 10 Important Facts About The Russian Revolution. Sudan. called Sudanese colloquial Arabic and that spoken in western Sudan, In addition, all mission schools in the this country. franca in Sudan, given its status as the country's official language and colloquial Arabic used by Chad Radio than the Modern Standard Arabic More than 60% of the Sudanese people speak Arabic as . The economy of Sudan is largely dependent on Agriculture. The campaign will run for one month and include audio-visual content in English, Arabic, Amharic, Tigrinya, Oromo, Hausa and Somali, representing the main languages spoken by migrants in Sudan. On this page you will find details on the following topics. languages, well over half of those named in the 1955-56 census, could be The Nilo-Saharan language family includes 204 extremely diverse languages spoken by roughly 35 million people in the interior of northern Africa, including the greater Nile basin and its tributaries, as well as the central region of the Sahara desert.. Scholars have argued for over 100 years about the best way to classify Nilo-Saharan languages. Languages Arabic is spoken by about half the people, but it is the official language. The most widely spoken language in the Sudan is Arabic, a member of International Mother Language Day is a worldwide annual observance held on 21 February to promote awareness of linguistic and cultural diversity and to promote multilingualism. learning would be Arabic. Main article: Luo The Luo languages comprise about 15 languages spoken in an area ranging from Southern Sudan via Uganda to Southern Kenya, with Dholuo extending into Northern Tanzania and Alur into the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Found inside – Page 84Fourteen other languages were spoken by between 1 and 5 percent of the total . ... major groups of each superstock in Sudan reflects the country's location ... The designation of a Nilo-Saharan superstock has not been fully Nilo-Saharan Languages Spoken In Sudan . The most spoken languages in Africa, overall. It has much borrowed vocabulary from the local languages (El Rotana). The Kurdufanian stock comprises only thirty Some of the indigenous languages are nearing extinction due to infrequent use. The country speaks the Commonwealth variant of the language, which was introduced to South Sudan during the colonial period which began in the 19th century. More than 160 languages are spoken in Sudan. Arabic language in Sudan. Three of them—Afro-Asiatic, Niger-Kordofanian, and Nilo-Saharan—are represented in Sudan. 2.8.3 Arabic , as a major language at the national level, and English shall be the official working languages of . Other languages include Dinka, Nuer, Bari, Zande, Arabic among others. historically both a northsouth and an east-west migration crossroad. The Turkana language is the Nilotic language spoken by the Turkana people in the North-Western Turkana county. Linguistic diversity index: LDI. In addition to Arabic and English, the legislature of any sub-national level of government may adopt any other national language as an additional official working language at its level. The African languages belong to 6 major language groups, which are: Afro-Asiatic that covers the Horn of Africa, Central Sahara and Northern Africa, Western Asia and some parts of the Sahel. English is the official language of many other African countries such as Kenya and Uganda. Found insideThe first global history of African linguistics as an emerging autonomous academic discipline, covering Africa, the Americas, Asia, Australia, and Europe. One observer, writing in the early 1970s, as a medium was taught as a subject. controlled by the Sudanese People's Liberation Army (SPLA), the use of Other important languages include Beja (AKA Bedawi) along the Red Sea, with perhaps 2 million speakers; Tigre is another language spoken by some Beja tribes; Fur in the west (Darfur), with perhaps a million speakers; and various Nubian languages along the Nile in the north, with half a million or so speakers. Most languages spoken in Africa fall into four language families. Analysis of the languages spoken at home by New South Wales Sudan, Peoples of the ancestry population compared to the total population shows that in 2016 there was a smaller proportion of people who spoke English only, and a larger proportion of those speaking a non-English language (either exclusively, or in addition to English). There are more than 597 tribes in Sudan speaking more than 400 dialects and languages. When the world's newest country broke away from Khartoum, it discarded Sudan's main official language, too. either Arabic or English could become the medium of instruction (English 1980s. Language use, attitudes and identity in Sudan This Kordofanian language, belonging to the Niger-Congo language phylum, is originally spoken in the eastern Nuba Mountains (Quint 2006:2). Arabic is Semitic, the Niger–Congo family is represented by many of the Kordofanian languages, and Indo-European by Domari (Gypsy) and English. Background and current status The issue of language of instruction is a critical issue in South Sudan, due partly to political reasons and partly to the poor condition of the county's education systems. Each is divided into groups that are in turn Found insideThis exploration of the versatility of writing systems highlights their complexity when used for more than one language. The approaches of authors from different academic traditions provide a varied and expert account. Found inside – Page 45Arabic is the official language , spoken by at least 60 percent of the Sudanese population . There are over 115 tribal languages , of which over twenty ... Beja language (also known as Bedawit) in far east alongside Red Sea, mainly spoken by Beja of Hadandawa, Amar’ar Ababda and Bisharin. The economy of Sudan. Niger-Kurdufanian is first divided into Niger-Congo and Kurdufanian. by political figures addressing ethnically mixed urban audiences could Three of them--Afro-Asiatic, Niger-Kurdufanian, and Nilo-Saharan--are During the first half of the 20th century, the term Eastern Sudanic was also used to refer to the eastern . (equivalent to grades seven through nine) were conducted in Arabic and as the language of Islam. What Languages Are Spoken in South Sudan? The current South Sudanese Civil War began in December 2013 - less than two years after the country's independence in 2011- and has continued unabated to the present day. However, in 1972, it was agreed that the use of English in teaching would be upheld. was the language of secondary schools even in the north before 1969. Among the varieties Main Languages Spoken in Sudan: Arabic (official), Nubian, Ta Bedawie, diverse dialects of Nilotic, Nilo-Hamitic, Sudanic languages, English. The other language is Hausa which is spoken by a western community of about 80,000 inhabitants. The widespread Niger-Congo language group includes many divisions and However, other language . It began when former deputy Riek Machar joined the Sudan People's Liberation. The Sudanese dialect is not only a means of communication but also displays . Eastern Sudanic languages, a group of languages representing the most diverse of the major divisions within the Nilo-Saharan language family.These languages are spoken from southern Egypt in the north to Tanzania in the south and from Ethiopia and Eritrea in the east to Chad in the west. The young generation finds it difficult to speak these indigenous languages fluently. Languages Sudan's official languages are Arabic and English. Welcome to Ugfacts.net. A Sudanese Government policy in 1990 forced South Sudanese schools to use Arabic rather than English7,11. Linguists postulate that the original home of the Afro-Asiatic cluster of languages was somewhere in northeastern Africa, possibly in the area between the Nile River and the Red Sea in modern Sudan. Niger-Congo Zande- is the largest language of this category as it is also spoken . More than 60 indigenous languages are spoken in South Sudan. For more than thirty years the work has remained untranslated, even though the late Gerald M. Browne affirmed that "this lucid, well-argued presentation should be available to all Nubiologists and ought therefore be translated into a ... had spread slowly but steadily throughout the south, but not always at [1] Two or more major groups of each of the three families are present in Sudan, historically both a north-south and an east . Found insideAs the official language of the Sudan, Arabic is the language of the dominant ... Bok (2003) described an incident where he attempted to speak to another ... Its neighbors are Chad and the Central African Republic on the west, Egypt. Cushitic, another major division of the Afro-Asiatic language, is represented by Bedawiye (with several dialects), spoken by the largely nomadic Beja. Arabic, however, has several different forms, A Romance language, Italian was used as a collective means of communication to bridge the gap between many regional dialects. The Arabic spoken on the streets, however, is a dialect of Arabic known as Sudanese Arabic. Maban languages, group of related languages spoken in the border area of Chad, Sudan, and the Central African Republic.The Maban languages form a branch of the Nilo-Saharan language family. language, Hausa, a West African tongue used by the Hausa themselves and been obstacles to the flow of communication in a state as linguistically Tira, Arabized in Sudan Population: 145,000 World Popl: 145,000 Total Countries: 1 People Cluster: Nuba Mountains Main Language: Arabic, Sudanese Spoken Main Religion: Islam Status: Unreached Evangelicals: 0.10% Chr Adherents: 0.50% Scripture: New Testament www.joshuaproject.net "Declare his glory among the nations." Psalm 96:3 Pray for the . Our module focuses on the dialect spoken in Khartoum and is designed to be a primer in the Sudanese dialect of Arabic for students who have an intermediate to high level of proficiency in Modern Standard Arabic . These languages are classified under different language families, the majority of which fall under the Nilo-Saharan language family. There's other African languages including Swahili, Folano, Nubian, and Zandi among others. These languages are classified under different language families, the majority of which fall under the Nilo-Saharan language family. Swahili is the most spoken language in Africa, with over 100 million speakers. northern cultural domination. More than 60% of the Sudanese people speak Arabic as . Language differences have served as a partial basis for ethnic This might also be the case elsewhere in rural Found inside – Page 13A number of Sudanese speak more than one language, especially in the south and central Sudan, where people of diverse backgrounds congregate for various ... Found inside – Page cccxlviiTurkana (Nilotic stock, Central Nilotic family), for example, ... The Mimi (Mima) language, spoken within the Sudan by a small number of nomadic ... People in Kenya also speak it ranging Sudan to Libya and South Africa. Answer: The official language in Sudan is Arabic. South Sudan 4.3.1. What Languages Are Spoken In South Korea? Found inside – Page 367Arabic is the official language of schools in the country , except in the ... Sudanese Colloquial Arabic is the spoken form used orally at home and in ... But casting aside the oppressor's tongue did not heal the country's divisions. colloquial forms. Each is divided into groups that are in turn subdivided into sets of closely related languages. Those who are able to speak such languages mainly belong to the older generations of the society. broadcast in classical Arabic. noted by scholars are classical Arabic, the language of the Quran They form one of the two branches of Western Nilotic, the other being Dinka-Nuer. degree of multilingualism in some areas. When you consider second-language speakers, the picture changes quite a bit. 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