izayik ya khaltu Suad, this is selma, Nana Fathi's daughter. you may not remember me. i'm in London right now, i just finished my second year of Law at the London School of Economics. i was delighted to find this site, i think it's brilliant. i wanted to ask you if you knew of anywhere in London where Nubians teach Nubian. Baba Fathi (Allah Yirhamuh) always insisted that it was too hard to learn at a late age, but i've never seen age as a deterrent to anything. so if you can get me in touch with anyone i would be very grateful.


Shukran Jazeelan. Bintik, Selma Murwan Hamid Al-Rasheed

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Dear friend,


hi - the Q of whether the Old Nubian alphabet should be revived and used is still an issue of debate since the latin alphabet, English in pertictular,is of more practical use. As a founder of the NSDC the publisher of Dr. Mokhtar Khalil Kabbara's book that is used now to make the speakers of the Nubian language, am partially responsible for the defacto decision to use the old alphabet.Factors favouring that are mainly:


1] the 3 sounds that do not exist in latin lettering.


2]the historical meroetic documents still being dicovered by the thousands use old nubian alphabet.


3]repeated and still ongoing inundation of nubian land coupled with the dire present economic conditions of Nubians threaten our identity, culture and language with extinction and pride is concomitant with the whole revival process.


the struggle continues Suad Ibrahim Ahmed, Khartoum.

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Dear Nubian netters,


I have heard various rumours about Nubian language materials produced in Egypt using the old Nubian alphabet,


I am a little puzzled about the motivation for using this alphabet,


Can anyone who knows about this enlighten me of the reasoning and about what has been produced, please


Robin Thelwall (a student of the Nubian languages)


Calgary