Midob
Midob is a Nubian language spoken in Sudan.
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Midob (also spelt Meidob) is a Nubian language spoken by the Midob people of North Darfur region of Sudan. As a Nubian language, it is part of the wider Nilo-Saharan language family.
Apart from in their homeland of Malha, North Darfur, Midob speakers also live in the Khartoum area (primarily in Omdurman and the Gezira region) and Jezirat Aba. The Midob people call their language tìd-n-áal, literally "mouth of the Midob", and themselves tìddí (singular), tìd (plural). There are an estimated 50,000 Midob speakers in two main dialects, Urrti and Kaageddi. Rilly (2010:162) lists the dialects of Urrti, Shalkota, and Torti. Only Uurti has been described in detail.
Recent research on Midob has been done by Thelwall (1983) and Werner (1993). Both studies concerned the Urrti dialect.
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Words in Midob
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | ìddì | |
| person | ir* | |
| name | 3ri* | |
| eye | pidi* | |
| ear | ulgi* | |
| nose | eseNi* | |
| tooth | k3ddi* | |
| tongue | kadaNi* | |
| hand | 3ssi* | |
| blood | 3gg3r* | |
| bone | 3di* | |
| skin | adaNi* | |
| knee | urud* | |
| breast | arti* | |
| liver | temmeji* | |
| water | ə́əcì | |
| fire | ussi* | |
| sun | passar* | |
| star | oNedi* | |
| stone | ulli* | |
| mountain | or* | |
| tree | kar* | |
| leaf | pididi* | |
| night | ot* | |
| dog | p3l* | |
| louse | idi* | |
| one | parTi* | |
| two | 3ddi* | |
| I | 3i* | |
| you | uNu* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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