Birgid language
| Birgid | |
|---|---|
| Murgi Birked | |
| Native to | Sudan |
| Region | South Darfur |
| Extinct | 1970s[1] |
| Language codes | |
| 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
- ^ "Birked". Ethnologue. Archived from the original on 2019-06-06. Retrieved 2024-11-29.
Last speakers survived into the 1970s
- 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
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