Fur language

E49227
Eastern Sudanic language Nilo-Saharan language language

The Fur language is an Eastern Sudanic language spoken primarily by the Fur people of western Sudan, especially in the Darfur region.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Fur language canonical 18
Fur 4
Fur people 3

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Eastern Sudanic language ⓘ
Nilo-Saharan language ⓘ
language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Amdang language ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Sudan ⓘ
ethnicGroup Fur language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Fur people
hasAlternativeName Foor ⓘ
For ⓘ
For language ⓘ
Fur proper ⓘ
Furawi ⓘ
Konjara ⓘ
Kungara ⓘ
Kunjara ⓘ
hasBasicWordOrder SOV ⓘ
hasCaseMarking postpositional and suffixal marking ⓘ
hasDialects northern Fur ⓘ
southern Fur ⓘ
hasEndonym Fur language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Fur
hasGenderCategory no grammatical gender ⓘ
hasGlottocode furr1245 ⓘ
hasISO6393Code fvr ⓘ
hasLinguasphereCode Nil-Eas ⓘ
hasMorphologicalType agglutinative language ⓘ
hasNegationStrategy verbal suffixes ⓘ
hasNumberCategory plural ⓘ
singular ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature tone language ⓘ
hasSubjectPronouns distinct singular and plural forms ⓘ
hasTAMSystem prefixes and suffixes marking tense-aspect-mood ⓘ
languageFamily Eastern Sudanic languages ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Sudanic

Nilo-Saharan languages ⓘ
surface form: Nilo-Saharan
primaryRegion Jebel Marra ⓘ
region Darfur region ⓘ
spokenBy Fur language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Fur people
spokenIn Darfur region ⓘ
surface form: Darfur

Sudan ⓘ
western Sudan ⓘ
status minority language in Sudan ⓘ
subfamily Fur-Amdang ⓘ
usedBy Fur language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Fur community
usedIn local administration (historically) ⓘ
oral literature of the Fur people ⓘ
traditional songs of the Fur people ⓘ
writingSystem Arabic script ⓘ
Latin script ⓘ

Referenced by (27)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nilo-Saharan languages → includesLanguage → Fur language ⓘ
Sudanese Arabic → influencedBy → Fur language ⓘ
Sudan → ethnicGroupMajor → Fur language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fur
Maban languages → areContactWith → Fur language ⓘ
Fur language → spokenBy → Fur language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fur people
Fur language → ethnicGroup → Fur language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fur people
Fur language → usedBy → Fur language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fur community
Fur language → hasEndonym → Fur language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fur
Nilo-Saharian → includesLanguage → Fur language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fur
Nilo-Saharian phylum → includesLanguage → Fur language ⓘ
subject surface form: Nilo-Saharan phylum
Taman languages → neighboringLanguageFamilies → Fur language ⓘ
Sudanese → languageAssociated → Fur language ⓘ
Sudanese → ethnicGroupIncludes → Fur language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fur
Darfur conflict → involves → Fur language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fur people
Masalit language → neighboringLanguage → Fur language ⓘ
Foor → alternateName → Fur language ⓘ
Furawi → alternateName → Fur language ⓘ
Furawi → hasEthnologueEntry → Fur language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fur (fvr)
Konjara → alternativeNameOf → Fur language ⓘ
Kunjara → alternativeNameOf → Fur language ⓘ
For language → alternativeName → Fur language ⓘ
Jebel Marra → hasLanguageAssociation → Fur language ⓘ
Fur-Amdang → hasMember → Fur language ⓘ
western Sudan → hasLanguage → Fur language ⓘ
Darfur region → languageSpoken → Fur language ⓘ
Kungara → alternativeName → Fur language ⓘ
Sinyar language → hasNeighboringLanguages → Fur language ⓘ