Zurg language explained

Zurg
Also Known As:Kufra
States:Libya
Region:Kufra District
Extinct:?
Familycolor:Afro-Asiatic
Fam2:Berber
Fam3:Eastern
Iso3:none
Glotto:none

Zurg, or Kufra, is reportedly an extinct Berber language formerly spoken in the town of Kufra in southeastern Libya.[1] No data seems to be attested for it, and it is described by Benkato (2017) as a "ghost language" that may never have existed.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Blench . Roger . 2001 . Types of language spread and their archaeological correlates: the example of Berber . Origini . XXIII . 186 . 2015-10-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141106231207/http://www.rogerblench.info/Language/Afroasiatic/Berber/Origini%20paper%20full%20text.pdf . 2014-11-06 . 128203050.
  2. Web site: Ghost Languages? . 2017-09-16 . Benkato . Adam . Oriental Berber . https://web.archive.org/web/20180213200027/https://orientalberber.wordpress.com/2017/09/16/ghost-languages/ . 2018-02-13.