Kenzi language

Kenzi
	Mattokki
Native to	Egypt
Region	Nile River
Native speakers	50,000 (2014)[1]
Language family	Nilo-Saharan? Eastern Sudanic Astaboran Nubian Kenzi; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	xnz
Glottolog	kenu1243
ELP	Kenuzi[2]

Kenzi (Kenuzi), also known as Mattokki, is a Nubian language of Egypt. It is spoken north of Mahas in Egypt. It is closely related to Dongolawi or Andaandi, a Nubian Language of Sudan.[3] The two have historically been considered two varieties of one language. More recent research recognizes them as distinct languages without a "particularly close genetic relationship."[4] With population displacement due to the Aswan High Dam there are communities of speakers in Lower Egypt. Recent linguistic research on the Kenzi language has been conducted by Ahmed Sokarno Abdel-Hafiz.[5]

External links

Learning the Nubian Language (Mattokki) Series on Youtube - Lesson 1 (in Arabic).

References

Kenzi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Endangered Languages Project data for Kenuzi.
Massenbach, Gertrud von. "Wörterbuch des nubischen Kunuzi-Dialektes," Mitteilungen des Seminars für orientalische Sprachen, Berlin, 1933, III, pp. 99-227.
Bechhaus-Gerst, Marianne. The (Hi)story of Nobiin — 1000 Years of Language Change. Peter Lang, 2011, p. 22.
Abdel-Hafiz, Ahmed Sokarno (1988). A Reference Grammar of Kunuz Nubian (PDF). Buffalo: State University of New York. Retrieved 2015-05-02.

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[e18-1] Kenzi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)

[ELP1-2] Endangered Languages Project data for Kenuzi.

[3] Massenbach, Gertrud von. "Wörterbuch des nubischen Kunuzi-Dialektes," Mitteilungen des Seminars für orientalische Sprachen, Berlin, 1933, III, pp. 99-227.

[4] Bechhaus-Gerst, Marianne. The (Hi)story of Nobiin — 1000 Years of Language Change. Peter Lang, 2011, p. 22.

[Abdel-Hafiz_1988-5] Abdel-Hafiz, Ahmed Sokarno (1988). A Reference Grammar of Kunuz Nubian (PDF). Buffalo: State University of New York. Retrieved 2015-05-02.