Hill Nubians

Hill Nubians
Total population
	Total 63,000 speakers of Hill Nubian languages
Regions with significant populations
	Sudan
Languages
	Hill Nubian
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]

Origin

Canadian linguist Robin Thelwall believes that the Hill Nubians probably didn't migrate to the Nuba Mountains from Nubia, considering their linguistic divergence, and instead probably reached the Nuba Mountains from central Kordofan during the earliest Nubian migrations.^[2] Joseph Greenberg believes that any split between Hill and Nile Nubian must have occurred at least 2,500 years before present.^[3]

References

↑ Rilly, Claude; Voogt, Alex de (2012-08-27). The Meroitic Language and Writing System. Cambridge University Press. p. 73. ISBN 9781139560535.
↑ Sesana, Renato Kizito; Borruso, Silvano (2006). I Am a Nuba. Paulines Publications Africa. p. 26. ISBN 9789966081797.
↑ Ehret, Christopher; Posnansky, Merrick (1982). The Archaeological and Linguistic Reconstruction of African History. University of California Press. p. 47. ISBN 9780520045934.

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[1] Rilly, Claude; Voogt, Alex de (2012-08-27). The Meroitic Language and Writing System. Cambridge University Press. p. 73. ISBN 9781139560535.

[2] Sesana, Renato Kizito; Borruso, Silvano (2006). I Am a Nuba. Paulines Publications Africa. p. 26. ISBN 9789966081797.

[3] Ehret, Christopher; Posnansky, Merrick (1982). The Archaeological and Linguistic Reconstruction of African History. University of California Press. p. 47. ISBN 9780520045934.