Furu is a
Central Sudanic language of the
Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...
. ''Glottolog'' has it as one of the
Kara languages
The Kara languages are Tar Gula and possibly related Central Sudanic languages of the Central African Republic. The name ''Kara'' is used for numerous other peoples of the region, and so is often ambiguous.
''Ethnologue'' 16 lists three Kara l ...
, in line with recent literature,
while Blench (2012) follows older lit in listing it as a
Kresh language
Kresh, also known ambiguously as Gbaya, is a Central Sudanic language of South Sudan.
Naomi Baki, a native Kresh speaker who became a French citizen in 2015, has released an autobiography in 2013 in which she describes her Kresh Gbaya environ ...
.
References
Bibliography
Blench (2000 ms)
Central Sudanic languages
Languages of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Bongo–Bagirmi languages
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