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Encyclopedia > Fur languages
Fur languages
Spoken in: Sudan, Chad
Region: Darfur
Total speakers: 0.5 million
Genetic
classification:
Nilo-Saharan

 Fur languages
  Fur
  Amdang Darfur (Arabic دار فور, meaning home of the Fur) is a region of far western Sudan, bordering the Central African Republic, Libya, and Chad. ... Human Language Families Most languages are known to belong to language families (families hereforth). ... Human Language Families Most languages are known to belong to language families (families hereforth). ... Map showing the distribution of the Nilo-Saharan languages. ... The Fur language (Fur bèle fòòr or fòòraŋ bèle, Arabic فوراوي Fûrâwî; sometimes called Konjara by linguists, after a former ruling clan) is the language of the Fur of Darfur in western Sudan. ... Amdang (autonym: sìmí amdangtí) is a language closely related to Chad by about 5,000 people (as of 1983). ...

Subgroup codes
LINGUIST List NSD
Linguasphere 05-CA

The "Fur languages" constitute a small, closely related first-order subgroup within the Nilo-Saharan languages: Fur in western Sudan with 500,000 speakers and Amdang in eastern Chad (also called Mimi) with 5,000 speakers. The Linguasphere Observatory is a language research network. ... Map showing the distribution of the Nilo-Saharan languages. ... The Fur language (Fur bèle fòòr or fòòraŋ bèle, Arabic فوراوي Fûrâwî; sometimes called Konjara by linguists, after a former ruling clan) is the language of the Fur of Darfur in western Sudan. ... Amdang (autonym: sìmí amdangtí) is a language closely related to Chad by about 5,000 people (as of 1983). ...



 
 

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