Fur languages

Fur
Fur
For,[ citation needed ] Furan
Geographic; distribution	Sudan and Chad
Linguistic classification	Nilo-Saharan? Fur;
Subdivisions	Fur ; Amdang ;
Language codes
Glottolog	fura1235
	Map of the Fur Languages

Last updated January 02, 2026

The Fur,^[1]Furan^[2] or For^{[ citation needed ]} 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.

References

↑ Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2024). "Fur". Ethnologue: Languages of the World. Twenty-seventh edition. Dallas, Texas: SIL International.
↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Furan languages". Glottolog 3.0 . Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

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[1] Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2024). "Fur". Ethnologue: Languages of the World. Twenty-seventh edition. Dallas, Texas: SIL International.

[2] Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Furan languages". Glottolog 3.0 . Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

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Fur
For,^{[ citation needed ]} Furan
Geographic distribution	Sudan and Chad
Linguistic classification	Nilo-Saharan? Fur
Subdivisions	Fur Amdang
Language codes
Glottolog	`fura1235`
Map of the Fur Languages