Birgid language

Birgid
Native to Sudan
Region Darfur
Extinct 1970s
Language codes
ISO 639-3 brk
Glottolog birk1242[1]

Birgid (also known as Birked, Birguid, Birkit, Birqed, Kajjara, Murgi) is an extinct Nubian language that was spoken in western Sudan, north of the city of Nyala in Darfur. Canadian linguist Thelwall mentions his last contact with old speakers of Birgid in 1972.

References

  1. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Birked". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
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