Birgid (also known as Birked, Birguid, Birkit, Birqed, Kajjara, Murgi, Murgi Birked) is an
extinct
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Nubian language that was spoken in western
Sudan
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, north of the city of
Nyala
The lowland nyala or simply nyala (''Tragelaphus angasii'') is a spiral-horned artiodactyl antelope native to Southern Africa. The species is part of the family Bovidae and the genus '' Tragelaphus'' (formerly placed in the genus ''Nyala''). It ...
in
South Darfur
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Overview
Prior to the creation of t ...
. Canadian linguist Thelwall mentions his last contact with elderly speakers of Birgid in 1972.
References
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Robin A. Thelwall (1977) 'Birgid vocabulary list and its links with Daju' in Ganslmayr, H. & H. Jungraithmayr (Ed), ''Gedenkschrift für Gustav Nachtigall 1874-1974'', Bremen: Übersee-Museum., pp. 197–210
External links
Birgid basic lexicon at the Global Lexicostatistical Database
Nubian languages
Languages of Sudan
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