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Africa:
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language profile
| Variants |
Birked, Birguid, Birkit, Birqed, Murgi, Kajjara, Kagarugei, Kajargi |
| Language affiliation |
Nilo-Saharan |
| Language affiliation (details) |
Nilo-Saharan, Eastern Sudanic, Eastern, Nubian, Central, Birked. |
| Geographic locations |
Sudan, Northern Sudan, North Dar Fur, North and East of Daju and Baygo, East of Jebel Marra between Jebel Harayt and the Rizaykat country. |
| Language situation |
Moribund language: only a few elderly speakers are left |
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| Number of speakers |
Only one speaker left in 1977 |
| Socio-linguistic context – description |
Birgid is the language of the Birked or Murgi ethnic group.
The Birked lived in the North and the East of the Dago and Bego, with a small colony in the Northeast of El Flasher. The Birked people now speak Arabic, and their ancestral language is nearly extinct. The only known Birgid speaker was over 80 years old in 1977. |
| ISO standard codes (639-2 / 639-3) |
[BRK] |
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| Unicode support |
Yes |
This item can be found in the following topics:
· Sudan
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