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