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Nobiin or Mahas is a Northern Nubian language of the Nilo-Saharan phylum. ‘Nobiin’ is the genitive form of Nòòbíí ‘Nubian and literally means ‘(language) of the Nubians. Another term used is Noban tamen meaning ‘the Nubian language’.Nubian peoples immigrated into the Nile Valley from the southwest where other Nubian languages are still spoken at least 2500 years ago and Old Nubian the language of the Nubian kingdoms is thought to be ancestral to Nobiin.
