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Fur languages

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

 Fur languages
  Fur
  Amdang

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.

Last updated: 08-18-2005 06:25:17