Nubi Dictionary Project

Kamus ta Rutan Nubi ma Rutan Inglish

Nubi (ISO 639-3: [kcn]) is an Arabic-based creole spoken in East Africa (Uganda and Kenya). This webpage is a PILOT version of the Nubi-English dictionary currently being developd by Shuichiro Nakao (Osaka University, Japan) in collaboration with Yakub Hassan and Zaria Hussein. This dictionary mainly focuses on the variation spoken in Kibra (also spelt Kibera), Nairobi. 

This study is funded by Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (Grant number: 19K13160)

Reproduction of this webpage without permission is prohibited. However, we would be happy to grant permission of reproduction for nonprofit educational purposes. Please feel free to contact the author (see Links for contact details). 

Nubi-English Dictionary (sample version)

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Linguistic notes with a list of abbreviations (under construction)

Links with an annotated bibliography