Old Sudanese Language and Meroitic

Anas Elbashir Ahmed Musa has used comparative linguistic methods to illustrate the genetic linguistic relationship between Old Sudanese Language (Colloquial Sudanese Arabic) and Meroitic. Brother Anas Elbashir has illustrated the continued use of classical Meroitic terms among contemporary Sudanese.

Meroitic Survivals The meaning*	Sudanese Arabic dialect	Meroitic word
Father	Ab	Ab, Ap    pa
long (time), olden times	Aro	Aro      URA
M: religious, SA: pray	As-l	As-l    LZA
give	Ada, Ade	d      D
M:transmission, deliver, SA: give me	d-ne	d-ne    :D
travel	mindli	dili      ILID
to teach; to direct	em	em      ME
Dignity, repute, esteem	hr	hr      RG
soul	ho	ho     UG
M: to desire, SA: want more	Kb	Kb     BK
M: lady, SA: expression said to the beautiful lady	Kdi	kdi    IDK
M: rain, SA: water, rain	Mi	Mi    IM
lord	Mk	Mk    KM
departure, emigration	nglni	ñl-ne   :LJ
M: bring good, SA: clear	ngy	ñy      YJ
admiration	ode	ode    UDE
M: guard, protection, SA: expression said in the terrifying situations	ps	ps      ZK
inclination	reto	reto      OER
to look, to search	rit	rit      TIR
to cover; to escort	rq	rq         QR
to spread, to extend	rs	rs         SR