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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Djehuti: [QB] ^^So true. But again,... [QUOTE]'Nubians' consisted of various groups of people that happened to live in the region called 'Nubia' by the Romans. The term 'Nubian' was used by the Romans but never by the Egyptians who actually distinguished the different groups by name. The Kanuzi, Mahas, and Dongola Nubians of modern northern Sudan could very well be the direct descendants of the ancient peoples who lived in the exact same region. Also, many linguists agree that both Afrasian and Nilo-Saharan have co-existed in northeast Africa for a very long time. This could be found in the fact that the Egyptian language itself, while Afrasian, possessed certain features that are Nilo-Saharan. And even the modern Nubian groups whose languages are Nilo-Saharan possess Afrasian features. Even as far south as Kenya, groups like the Maasai who speak Nilo-Saharan also possess Afrasian affinities in their languages.[/QUOTE]And as Rasol said, modern-day Nubian languages as those spoken by the Kanuzi, Mahas, and Dongola ARE part of the Nilo-Saharan language family, and all three peoples live in the exact same region that their ancestors lived in during Pharaonic times. However that doesn't make any of the Afrasian speakers like the Beja any less 'Nubian' if by going by ancient geographical classifications as cited by the Romans. Although the Meroitic script has not been fully deciphered, enough words and names have been understood by linguinst to suggest that the Meroites and therefore their ancestors the Kushites were in fact Nilo-Saharan speakers. Let's not try to turn this into Afrasians vs. Nilo-Saharans again, since apparently the Nile Valley is big enough for both groups to live together, just as the Horn of Africa particularly Ethiopia is big enough for peoples of both language groups. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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