Fur
E869036
Fur is a Nilo-Saharan language spoken primarily by the Fur people of western Sudan’s Darfur region.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Fur language | 1 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Nilo-Saharan language
ⓘ
language ⓘ |
| autonym | Fur NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo | Amdang NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Sudan ⓘ |
| ethnicGroupOfSpeakers | Fur people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution |
Jebel Marra region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
central Darfur NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| glottocode | furr1245 ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Foor
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
For ⓘ |
| hasContactWithLanguage |
Arabic
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Masalit NERFINISHED ⓘ Zaghawa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDialects |
eastern Fur
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
southern Fur NERFINISHED ⓘ western Fur NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticTypology |
agglutinative language
ⓘ
tonal language ⓘ |
| hasLoanwordsFrom | Arabic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature |
case marking on nouns
ⓘ
verbal aspect marking ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
consonant length contrast
ⓘ
vowel length contrast ⓘ |
| hasSociolinguisticFeature | used as an identity marker of the Fur people ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Arabic ⓘ |
| isEndangeredStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| isMinorityLanguageIn | Sudan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| iso639-3Code | fvr ⓘ |
| isSpokenByApproximateNumberOfPeople | hundreds of thousands ⓘ |
| isSubjectOf |
descriptive grammars
ⓘ
phonological studies ⓘ |
| isUsedFor |
local trade
ⓘ
oral communication ⓘ traditional storytelling ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Fur–Amdang
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nilo-Saharan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryWordOrder | SOV ⓘ |
| region | Darfur NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Muslim communities in Darfur ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Darfur
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sudan ⓘ western Sudan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Arabic script
ⓘ
Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Fur language