Birgid language

Birgid
Birgid
Murgi Birked
Native to	Sudan
Region	South Darfur
Extinct	1970s
Language family	Nilo-Saharan? Eastern Sudanic Northern Eastern Nubian Central Birgid; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	brk
Linguist List	brk.html
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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