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Fur
For
Geographic
distribution
Darfur and Chad
Linguistic classificationNilo-Saharan?
  • Fur
Subdivisions
Language codes
Glottologfura1235
Map of the Fur Languages

The Fur or For languages constitute a small, closely related family, which is a proposed member of the Nilo-Saharan family. Its members are:

  • Fur in western Sudan with around 750,000 speakers in 2004.
  • Amdang (also called Mimi) in eastern Chad with around 40,000 speakers in 2000.

References