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Nubian from Halfa. ⲁⲓ̈ ⲕⲓⲥⲥ ϩⲁⲗⲫⲁⲗⲧⲱⲛⲓ. Ex Law. Aspiring Amateur Scholar, Linguist, Translator & Nubiologist. Seeking ⲙⲉⲧⲁⲛⲟⲓ̈ⲁ. ♿️ #hEDS #ME #LC #CovidIsAirborne #MaskUp N95+/ FFP2/3
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touskonkouda.bsky.social
Eng. 'ivory' < Fr. 'ivoire' < Latin 'ebur' < Meroitic */ambur/
Wall relief depicting tusked elephant from the Meroitic temple complex of 《Aborepi》aka "Musawwarat es-Sufra" (3rd C BCE) in modern-day Sudan, dedicated to the Meroitic Lion God 《Apedemak》
September 27, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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New publication on Dinka by NILOMORPH member Mirella Blum - "Dialectal tone description enhances historical tonology", in @diachronica.bsky.social

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Dialectal tone description enhances historical tonology | John Benjamins
Abstract This paper illustrates that in-depth descriptive work of closely related varieties of Dinka, a Nilotic tone language with an unusually complex suprasegmental system, provides solutions to pre...
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September 17, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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keithmuise.bsky.social
Getting Wild for Covid Awareness.

Want to help me stay in the advocacy game? $5 goes a long way.

I want helping people, and educating others to be more than a dream. That’s my goal.

gofund.me/f1f07602

#health #sick #kids #teacher #backtoschool #mentalhealth I
September 12, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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keithmuise.bsky.social
Going all in for Covid Awareness.

If you want to help get the word out please pitch in. $5 goes a long way. gofund.me/7817f5f5 If you’d like to help support my work, and more billboards please do so, we need to educate the public now. #covid19 #backtoschool #longcovid #mentalhealth #teacher
August 28, 2025 at 3:57 AM
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pisakho.bsky.social
NEW: Read in Coptic: The Tower of Babel

Read the story of The Tower of Babel (Genesis 11:1-9), which might be titled ⲡⲓⲡⲩⲣⲅⲟⲥ ⲛ̀ⲧⲉⲃⲁⲃⲩⲗⲟⲛ, in Coptic with translation, grammatical notes and discussion.
Read in Coptic: The Tower of Babel • The Coptist
Read Genesis 11:1-9 in Coptic, featuring the story of The Tower of Babel (ⲡⲓⲡⲩⲣⲅⲟⲥ ⲛ̀ⲧⲉⲃⲁⲃⲩⲗⲱⲛ), including an English translation and notes.
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August 27, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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bnuyaminim.bsky.social
Today I gave my first-ever presentation at the yearly Colloquium on African Languages and #Linguistics. My question to the Africanists, Afroasiaticists, Cushiticists: why do we think #Cushitic is a thing? 1/14
August 25, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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sophiademue.bsky.social
Excited to share the article that @mmonier.bsky.social and I wrote on the Introduction to the Gospels by ibn al-Assal and its Arabic and Ethiopic traditions 🤩

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August 20, 2025 at 6:16 AM
touskonkouda.bsky.social
Painting of Queen Martha of Dotawo (Makuria) w/ Virgin Mary touching her shoulder while holding Jesus as a child / 11th C. AD

Analysis of Greek text accompanying the painting in the Old Nubian script below.

#Dotawo #Makuria #NubianChristianArt #NubianArt #MedievalArt #AfricanArt #ByzantineGreek
The Queen's skin is painted with reddish-brown paint. She's facing forward & is dressed in golden royal robes with intricate circular designs studded with different coloured jewels and wearing brown shoes. She's also wearing a golden crown with two horn-like designs on either side, pointing outwards & a central piece with a cross on top. The crown is studded with different coloured gems. She has long black hair locks reaching to her shoulders & is holding a golden, gem-studded scepter topped with a crucifix in one hand & an embroidered handkerchief in the other hand, in the style of Byzantine court women. Next to the queen is the Virgin Mary standing taller & is also facing forward. She's wearing black robes covered in circular designs & black shoes. She's wearing a dome-shaped, gem studded golden crown with two crosses in front & a cross on top of the crown. She has a light-greenish halo around her head. She has one hand resting on the Queen's shoulder in blessing & is carrying the Child Jesus in her other arm while holding an embroidered handkerchief similar to the one Queen Martha is holding. The Child Jesus is dressed in a white tunic & has reddish hair. He has a cruciform halo behind his head painted in a light-greenish colour. He has one arm pointing downwards, holding an eye-shaped object painted in red (perhaps symbolizing the earth or underworld). His other arm is pointing upwards while holding an eye-shaped object painted dark blue with a white border & white stars inside it (perhaps symbolizing the sky or heavens).The skin of both Jesus & the Virgin are painted white in contrast to Queen Martha's brown skin.
August 17, 2025 at 5:35 PM
touskonkouda.bsky.social
Nubian-Coptic ostracan

Nubian Coptic

ⲁⲡⲉⲛⲧⲓ ⲃⲩⲛⲉ "date"
/apenti/

ⲉⲣⲡⲉⲕⲉ ⲏⲣⲡ "wine"
/erpeke/

ⲁⲥⲕⲟⲩ ⲡⲟⲉⲓⲕ "bread"
/asku/

ⲉ̄ⲧⲧⲱ ⲙⲟⲟⲩ "water"
/ettō/

* Database of Medieval Nubian Texts (DBMNT)

Text 1148
www.dbmnt.uw.edu.pl/texts/1148/
August 3, 2025 at 3:07 PM
touskonkouda.bsky.social
The Trinitarian formula in #OldNubian
الصيغة الثالوثية (البسملة) باللغة النوبية القديمة

《ⲡⲁⲡⲗ̄ⲇⲉ ⲟⲛ ⳟⲁⲗⲇⲉ ⲟⲛ ⲥⲉⲩⲁⲣⲧⲟⲩ ⳟⲥ̄ⲥⲗ̄ⲇⲉⲕⲉⲛ ⲧⲁⳟⲥ̄ⲗⲟⳝⲱⲁ̄ ⲧⲗ̄ⲗⲟⲩ ⲟⲩⲉⲗ ⲁⲙⲏⲛ》
April 6, 2025 at 8:44 AM
touskonkouda.bsky.social
#Nobiin neologisms

ⲉⲡⲓⲱ (ebiō) 'honey, عسل' < #Coptic ⲉⲃⲓⲱ

ⲉⲡⲓⲱⲛ ⲕⲟⲩⲧⲧⲓ (ebiōn kutti*) 'bee, نحل' > lit. 'Honey fly'

ebiō-n kutti
honey-genitive fly

[Cf. Copt. ⲁϥ ⲛⲉⲃⲓⲱ 'honey fly']

* Regressive Assimilation
/l/ + /t/ > /tt/: kul-ti > kutti
a cartoon of winnie the pooh drinking honey
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April 6, 2025 at 6:25 AM
touskonkouda.bsky.social
#Nobiin words that are etymologically derived from #Greek
February 1, 2025 at 6:54 PM
touskonkouda.bsky.social
I still struggle with tones in #Nobiin sometimes, so this video summary offers great guidance on how to approach tone transcription. More please!
January 29, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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hildegunnink.bsky.social
Allen Asiimwe and I made a video with the basics of tone transcription and analysis:
youtu.be/KqrlX2Xjh7g?...
Hearing and transcribing tone
YouTube video by Enhancing Linguistic Scholarship in Eastern Africa
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January 29, 2025 at 11:33 AM
touskonkouda.bsky.social
#Սուդանահայ #Sudanahye is a research project that documents the history & cultural heritage of #SudaneseArmenians. Many Armenians came to Sudan fleeing the #ArmenianGenocide of 1915 by the Ottoman empire, followed by a later wave of immigration in the 1950s.

Insta: @/Sudanahye sudanahye.com
January 28, 2025 at 4:03 PM
touskonkouda.bsky.social
ⲓⲇ ⳣⲉⲉ ⲧⲁⲫⲛⲟⲥⲕⲓⲕⲱ ⲓⲛ ⲅⲁⲁⲣⲕⲉⲙⲥⲟⲗⲁⲧⲱⲛ ⲓⲙⲙⲟⲩⲟⲩⲛ

ⳟⲓⲥⲥⲟⲩ ⲓⲥⲁⲁⲕ ⲛⲓⲛⳣⲉⲉⲗⲁⲧⲱⲛ

íd wèe tàfnóskíkṓ ìn gàarkémsólátṓn ímmùun

~ŋíssú ìsáak nìnwéelátṓn~

'A humble man is not of this world.'

~St. Isaac of Nineveh~

#Nobiin
January 27, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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bnuyaminim.bsky.social
Just finished Aaron Hornkohl's 2023 'The Historical Depth of the Tiberian Reading Tradition of #Biblical #Hebrew' (👇 #OpenAccess). Full review forthcoming, but here's a few highlights for you. Hornkohl collects 25 cases where the reading tradition deviates from the consonantal text and finds: 1/7
The Historical Depth of the Tiberian Reading Tradition of Biblical Hebrew
This volume explores an underappreciated feature of the standard Tiberian Masoretic tradition of Biblical Hebrew, namely its composite nature. Focusing on cases of dissonance between the tradition’s w...
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January 24, 2025 at 9:04 AM
touskonkouda.bsky.social
The coordinating conjunction 'But' in Nile #NubianLanguages are Arabic loans based on لَكِن or أَمَّا

Almkvist (1877): illākin (Nobiin/Andaandi); lākin (Mattok.)

Reinisch (1879): ammā, lākin

Lepsius (1880): ammā; lākin, lākinī; mādal* (Nob.)

Werner (1987): làakíin (Nob.)
January 23, 2025 at 10:22 AM
touskonkouda.bsky.social
ⲁⲓ̈ ⲟⲩⲕⲕⲁ ⲕⲟⲣⲉⲉⲛ ⲭⲣⲓⲥⲧⲟⲥⲓⲛ ⲟⲩⲛⲛⲓⲓⲧⲧⲁ ⲅⲟⲩⲟⲩⲣⲁⲛⲇⲓⲕⲱ ⲫⲓⲣⲅⲓⲣ

ay ukka korēn k(h)ristosin unnītta gūrandikō firgir

I wish you a joyful Christmas!

#Nobiin #NubianLanguage #Christmas    #اللغة_النوبية #حلفا_محس_فاديجا
December 25, 2024 at 12:28 PM
touskonkouda.bsky.social
#Nobiin ⲟⲩⲗⲟⲩⲙ (ùlùm), #Andaandi / #Mattoki ⲉⲗⲟⲩⲙ (elum): 'crocodile'

#NobiinProverb
ⲟⲩⲗⲟⲩⲙⲅⲁ ⲡⲁϩⲁⲣⲣⲁ ⲁⲛⲅⲓⲓ ⲓⲓⲅⲓⲛⲛⲁ

ùlùmgà báhárrá àngíi íigìnnà

'In the river, call the crocodile uncle.'

#NubianLanguages
a cartoon crocodile is swimming in the water
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December 17, 2024 at 6:02 PM
touskonkouda.bsky.social
#Nobiin ⲅⲟⲩⲅⲙⲉ (gùgmè), pl. ⲅⲟⲩⲅⲙⲉⲅⲟⲩⲟⲩ/ⲅⲟⲩⲅⲙⲉⲉⲛϭⲓⲓ (gùgmègúu/gùgmèenčìi): 'Owl'

#Matokki / #Andaandi ⲟⲩⲅⲙⲉ (ugme)

#NobiinProverb :
ⲅⲟⲩⲅⲙⲉⲅ ⲉⲣⲅⲓ ϩⲁⲣⲁⲁⲡⲓⲗ ⳝⲟⲩⲟⲩ
(gùgmèg érgí hàráabìl júù)

'He who follows owls, reaches ruins'

i.e. Following bad/evil company leads to ruin
an owl is sitting on a snowy branch in the dark
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December 16, 2024 at 11:31 AM
touskonkouda.bsky.social
#Meroitic
𐦲𐦷𐦲𐦡
(kdke /kandakə/): 'queen, queen-mother'

#Nobiin ⲕⲁⲛⲇⲁⲕⲉ (kandake)

#Greek: κανδάκη (kandákē)
plural: κανδάκες (kandákes) >

#Latin : Candacē > #English : Candace
December 8, 2024 at 5:52 PM
touskonkouda.bsky.social
ⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ/ⳟⲥ̄ⲥⲟⲩ ⲡⲁⲛⲧⲉⲗⲉⲓⲙⲟⲛ,
ϣⲟⲅⲅⲓⲇⲕⳡ̄ⳡⲁ ⳟⲥ̄ⲥⲁ

Saint Panteleimon, Holy Unmercenary

agios/ŋissou panteleimon
saint, holy

šoŋgid-kiɲɲ-a
silver-(to be) without-predicate

ŋiss-a
holy-predicate

#OldNubian

*Artist: @artofmarza.bsky.social
December 5, 2024 at 9:30 PM
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invisiblychronic.bsky.social
#chronicpain #chronicillness #labsarenteverything #treatthewholepatient #disability
December 5, 2024 at 3:38 AM
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bsonblast.bsky.social
Today's quick update [Dec 2]:

- RSF's heavy bombardment of Zamzam IDP Camp continues for 2nd consecutive day; at least 6 people have been killed, dozens injured.

- The bombing has triggered a new wave of mass displacement from Sudan's largest camp.

#KeepEyesOnSudan
December 3, 2024 at 2:52 AM