Birri language
Birri | |
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Native to | Central African Republic |
Ethnicity | 5,000 in CAR (1996)[1] |
Native speakers | (200 cited 1996)[2] extinct in South Sudan (1993)[2] |
Nilo-Saharan?
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | bvq |
Glottolog | birr1240 |
ELP | Birri |
Birri (Bviri) is a nearly extinct, possibly Central Sudanic language of CAR and formerly of (South) Sudan. According to Boyeldieu (2010), its classification as Central Sudanic has yet to be demonstrated,[3] but Starostin (2016) finds its closest relative to be Kresh.
References
- ^ Birri language[dead link] at Ethnologue (14th ed., 2000).
- ^ a b Birri at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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- Roger Blench (2012) Nilo-Saharan language listing