Old Nubian

ancient variety of the Nubian language
Language language Q2268
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Old Nubian

Summary

Old Nubian is a language[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (201 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Old Nubian's image is recorded as Old Nubian manuscript.jpg[3].
  • Old Nubian's instance of is recorded as language[4].
  • Old Nubian's instance of is recorded as historical language[5].
  • Old Nubian's ISO 639-3 code is recorded as onw[6].
  • Old Nubian's GND ID is recorded as 4198457-2[7].
  • Old Nubian's IdRef ID is recorded as 106928805[8].
  • Old Nubian's subclass of is recorded as Nobiin Nubian[9].
  • Old Nubian's writing system is recorded as Coptic script[10].
  • Old Nubian's IETF language tag is recorded as onw[11].
  • Old Nubian's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04bys4[12].
  • Old Nubian's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Old Nubian language[13].
  • Old Nubian's Glottolog code is recorded as oldn1245[14].
  • Old Nubian's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Old-Nubian-language[15].
  • Old Nubian's exact match is recorded as http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/ONW[16].
  • Old Nubian's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["Language", "OldNubian"][17].
  • Old Nubian's Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae thesaurus ID is recorded as TWF73ENRUFGNHK4FPY33266TPM[18].

Why It Matters

Old Nubian ranks in the top 3% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (201 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Language. op.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Glottolog. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Language. op.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Old Nubian. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/old-nubian
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