Birgid language
Extinct Nubian language of Sudan
| Birgid | |
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| Murgi Birked | |
| Native to | Sudan |
| Region | South Darfur |
| Extinct | 1970s |
Language family | Nilo-Saharan?
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| ISO 639-3 | brk |
| Glottolog | birk1242 |
Birgid (also known as Birked, Birguid, Birkit, Birqed, Kajjara, Murgi, Murgi Birked) is an extinct Nubian language that was spoken in western Sudan, north of the city of Nyala in South Darfur. Canadian linguist Thelwall mentions his last contact with elderly speakers of Birgid in 1972.
References
- Robin A. Thelwall (1977) 'Birgid vocabulary list and its links with Daju' in Ganslmayr, H. & H. Jungraithmayr (Ed), Gedenkschrift für Gustav Nachtigall 1874-1974, Bremen: Übersee-Museum., pp. 197–210
External links
- Birgid basic lexicon at the Global Lexicostatistical Database
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Eastern Sudanic languages
Part of the proposed Nilo-Saharan language family
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