Fur languages
Appearance
Fur | |
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For,[citation needed] Furan | |
Geographic distribution | Sudan and Chad |
Linguistic classification | Nilo-Saharan?
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Subdivisions | |
Language codes | |
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Glottolog | fura1235 |
Map of the Fur Languages |
The Fur,[1] Furan[2] or For[citation needed] languages constitute a small, closely related family, which is a proposed member of the Nilo-Saharan family. Its members are:
- Fur in western Sudan and eastern Chad with around 745,600 speakers in 2004.
- Amdang (also called Mimi) in eastern Chad with around 41,100 speakers in 2000.
References
[edit]- ^ Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2024). "Fur". Ethnologue: Languages of the World. Twenty-seventh edition. Dallas, Texas: SIL International.
- ^ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Furan languages". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.