ISO 639-3 · fvrfvr
Nilo-Saharan family
Fur
Fur is a language of the Nilo-Saharan branch, spoken in Sudan and Chad. Wikidata counts about 746,000 speakers. Wikidata describes it as “Nilo-Saharan language spoken in Sudan”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
fvr- Glottocode
furr1244- Family
- Nilo-Saharan
- EGIDS
- 5 Developing
- Wikipedia
- 31 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
2countries
1scripts
1levels in the tree
5EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Fur |
|---|---|
| Also called | Fur language |
| All speakers | 746,000 |
| Written in | Latin script |
Vitality
EGIDS 5 Developing5
Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Nilo-Saharan to Fur
The branches above Fur, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
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where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
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 · EducationalfiaNobiinNilo-Saharan · 669,0006b · Threatened