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.