Nubian slide

5. There is little know about the old language of Nubia Nubia of today talks some of the old language but do not write it. It is known that Greek letters were used to write the Old Nubian Language. Documents in Old Nubian, which appears to be the ancestor of modern Central Nubian, date from the end of the 8th century to the beginning of the 14th century in an adaptation of the Coptic alphabet.