Fur

E869036
Nilo-Saharan language language

Fur is a Nilo-Saharan language spoken primarily by the Fur people of western Sudan’s Darfur region.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Fur canonical 18
Fur language 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Nilo-Saharan language ⓘ
language ⓘ
autonym Fur ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Amdang ⓘ
country Sudan ⓘ
ethnicGroupOfSpeakers Fur people ⓘ
geographicDistribution Jebel Marra region ⓘ
central Darfur ⓘ
linked to: Central Darfur
glottocode furr1245 ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Foor ⓘ
For ⓘ
hasContactWithLanguage Arabic ⓘ
Masalit ⓘ
linked to: Masaleet

Zaghawa ⓘ
linked to: Zaghawa people
hasDialects eastern Fur ⓘ
linked to: Fur region

southern Fur ⓘ
western Fur ⓘ
hasLinguisticTypology agglutinative language ⓘ
tonal language ⓘ
hasLoanwordsFrom Arabic ⓘ
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 ⓘ
iso639-3Code fvr ⓘ
isSpokenByApproximateNumberOfPeople hundreds of thousands ⓘ
isSubjectOf descriptive grammars ⓘ
phonological studies ⓘ
isUsedFor local trade ⓘ
oral communication ⓘ
traditional storytelling ⓘ
languageFamily Fur–Amdang ⓘ
linked to: Fur-Amdang

Nilo-Saharan ⓘ
linked to: Nilo-Saharan languages
primaryWordOrder SOV ⓘ
region Darfur ⓘ
linked to: Darfur region
spokenBy Muslim communities in Darfur ⓘ
spokenIn Darfur ⓘ
linked to: Darfur region

Sudan ⓘ
western Sudan ⓘ
writingSystem Arabic script ⓘ
Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (23)

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

Furawi → languageFamily → Fur ⓘ
Furawi → hasGlottologName → Fur ⓘ
Kunjara → languageFamily → Fur ⓘ
Kunjara → hasGlottologName → Fur ⓘ
For language → hasEndonym → Fur ⓘ
Fur-Amdang → hasSubgroup → Fur ⓘ
Fur-Amdang → includesLanguage → Fur ⓘ
Amdang language → hasMajorContactLanguage → Fur language ⓘ
linked to: Fur
Darfur region → majorEthnicGroup → Fur ⓘ
Kungara → glottologClassification → Fur ⓘ
Kungara → hasEndonym → Fur ⓘ
Mabang → neighboringLanguages → Fur ⓘ
Fur people → language → Fur language ⓘ
linked to: Fur
Fur people → autonym → Fur ⓘ
Fur Sultanate → language → Fur language ⓘ
subject linked to: Fur Sultanate (historical)
linked to: Fur
Mimi of Darfur → neighboringLanguages → Fur language ⓘ
linked to: Fur
Fur → autonym → Fur ⓘ
Amdang → neighboringEthnicGroup → Fur ⓘ
South Kordofan → hasEthnicGroup → Fur ⓘ
Taman → neighboringLanguages → Fur ⓘ
Sultanate of Darfur → language → Fur language ⓘ
linked to: Fur
North Darfur → hasEthnicGroup → Fur ⓘ
West Darfur → ethnicGroups → Fur ⓘ