ISO 639-3 · brkbrk
Nilo-Saharan family · extinct or historical language
Birgid
Birgid is an extinct or historical language of the Central Nubian branch (Nilo-Saharan), spoken in Sudan.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
brk- Glottocode
birk1242- Family
- Nilo-Saharan
- EGIDS
- 10 Extinct
- UNESCO
- Extinct
- Wikipedia
- 9 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
5levels in the tree
10EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Birgid |
|---|---|
| Also called | Birked, Birgid language |
| Kind | extinct or historical language |
Vitality
EGIDS 10 Extinct10
Dormant or extinct. No fluent first-language speakers remain — EGIDS 9 and 10.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Extinct
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Nilo-Saharan to Birgid
The branches above Birgid, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Sudan
engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalaraArabicAfroasiatic · 315.4 mSafemsaMalayAustronesian · 77 mapdSudanese Arabicunclassified · 31.9 m3 · Wider CommunicationamhAmharicAfroasiatic · 25 m1 · NationalkauKanuriNilo-Saharan · 15 mshuChadian Arabicunclassified · 2.6 m3 · Wider CommunicationbejBejaAfroasiatic · 1.2 m5 · DevelopingtigTigreAfroasiatic · 800,0004 · EducationalfvrFurNilo-Saharan · 746,0005 · Developing