Also known as Fur language
Nilo-Saharan language spoken in Sudan
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Within Vinony's link graph, Fur is referenced by 78 other articles, and connects out to Arabic, English language and Wikipedia.
It sits within the topics Fur languages, ISO language articles citing sources other than Ethnologue and Language articles citing Ethnologue 27.
Its subject is documented across 30 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Native to
- Sudan , Chad
- Region
- Darfur , Sila
- Ethnicity
- Fur
- Native speakers
- 790,000 (2004–2023)
- Language family
- Nilo-Saharan ? Fur Furs
- Writing system
- Latin
- Iso 639 3
- fvr
- Glottolog
- furr1244
- Linguasphere
- 05-CAA-aa
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- modern language
- Subclass of
- Nilo-Saharan
- Country
- Chad
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- writing system
- Latin script
- number of speakers, writers, or signers
- 746000
- indigenous to
- Darfur
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Encyclopedic overview
Linguistic map of the non-Arab peoples of Darfur, showing the extent of the Fur language in Sudan.
The Fur language or For; (Fur: Foor’íŋ belé’ŋ) is a Nilo-Saharan language spoken by the Fur of Darfur in Western Sudan and Chad. It is part of a broader family of languages known as the Fur languages.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Fur” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.