Birri language

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Birri
Native toCentral African Republic
Ethnicity5,000 in CAR (1996)[1]
Native speakers
(200 cited 1996)[2]
extinct in South Sudan (1993)[2]
Nilo-Saharan?
Language codes
ISO 639-3bvq
Glottologbirr1240
ELPBirri

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

  1. ^ Birri language[dead link] at Ethnologue (14th ed., 2000).
  2. ^ a b Birri at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Glottolog was invoked but never defined (see the help page).