Fur languages

{{Short description|Small language family of Sudan and Chad}}

{{distinguish|Fur language}}

{{Infobox language family

|name=Fur

|altname=For,{{Citation needed|date=October 2024}} Furan

|region=Sudan and Chad

|familycolor=Nilo-Saharan

|child1=Fur

|child2=Amdang

|glotto=fura1235

|glottorefname=Furan

|map=FurLang.png

|mapcaption=Map of the Fur Languages

}}

The Fur,{{Ethnologue 27 subgroup|family=Fur|number=740}} Furan{{Glottolog|fura1235|Furan languages}} or For{{Citation needed|date=October 2024}} languages constitute a small, closely related family, which is a proposed member of the Nilo-Saharan family. Its members are:

  • Fur in western Sudan and eastern Chad with around 745,600 speakers in 2004.
  • Amdang (also called Mimi) in eastern Chad with around 41,100 speakers in 2000.

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Category:Language families

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