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Furu language

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Central Sudanic language of DR Congo Not to be confused with Furu languages.‹ The template Infobox language is being considered for merging. ›
Furu
Bagero
Native toDemocratic Republic of the Congo
Native speakers(16,000 cited 1984–1996)
Language familyNilo-Saharan?
Language codes
ISO 639-3fuu
Glottologfuru1242

Furu is a Central Sudanic language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Glottolog has it as one of the Kara languages, in line with recent literature, while Blench (2012) follows older lit in listing it as a Kresh language.

References

  1. Furu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forke, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2020). "Furu". Glottolog 4.3.

Bibliography

Languages of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Official language
National languages
Indigenous
languages
(by province)
Bandundu
Équateur
Kasai-Occidental
Kasai-Oriental
Katanga
Kinshasa
Maniema
Nord-Kivu
Orientale
Sud-Kivu
Sign languages
Central Sudanic languages
Part of the proposed Nilo-Saharan language family
Bongo–Bagirmi
Bongo–Baka
Morokodo–Beli
Kara
Bagirmi
Sara
East
Central
West
Kaba
Vale
Yulu
Fongoro?
Sinyar?
Birri–Kresh
Birri
Kresh
Lendu–Mangbetu
Mangbetu–Asoa
Mangbutu–Lese
Lenduic
Moru–Madi
Moru
Central Ma'di
Southern Ma'di
Mimi-D?
Italics indicate extinct languages


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