Language and Dialect Atlas of Kenya, Kt, Vol.3, The Nubi Language of Kibera, An Arabic Creole

Name: Language and Dialect Atlas of Kenya, Kt, Vol.3, The Nubi Language of Kibera, An Arabic Creole
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The Nubi language (also called Ki-Nubi) is a Sudanese Arabic-based creole language spoken in Uganda around Bombo, and in Kenya around Kibera, by the descendants of Emin Pasha's Sudanese soldiers who were settled there by the British colonial administration. It was spoken by about 15,000 people in Uganda in 1991 (according to the census), and an estimated 10,000 in Kenya; another source estimates about 50,000 speakers as of 2001. 90% of the lexicon derives from Arabic,[3] but the grammar has been simplified,[4] as has the sound system. Nubi has the prefixing, suffixing and compounding processes also present in Arabic.[5] The Nubi speakers are Kakwa who came from the Nubian region, first into Equatoria, and from there southwards into Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Ida Amin who was Kakwa, recruited the Kawa and Nubians to his army, to kill Acholi and Lango people.[6][7] Jonathan Owens argues that Nubi constitutes a major counterexample to Derek Bickerton's theories of creole language formation, showing "no more than a chance resemblance to Bickerton's universal creole features" despite fulfilling perfectly the historical conditions expected to lead to such features.

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Binding:: Paperback
Number of Pages:: 88
Publication Date:: 1982-01-01
Publisher:: Reimer, Dietrich
Languages:: Published: English, Original: English
ISBN10:: 3496001895
Weight:: 234 g

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