Birgid language explained

Birgid language should not be confused with Birgit language.

Birgid
Nativename:Murgi Birked
States:Sudan
Region:South Darfur
Extinct:1970s
Familycolor:Nilo-Saharan
Fam2:Eastern Sudanic
Fam3:Northern Eastern
Fam4:Nubian
Fam5:Central
Iso3:brk
Linglist:brk.html
Glotto:birk1242
Glottorefname:Birked

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

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