Birked

A language of Sudan

ISO 639: brk
Alternate Names: Birgid, Birguid, Birkit, Birqed, Kajjara, Murgi
Population: No known L1 speakers. Last speakers survived into the 1970s; ethnic Birked shifted to Arabic (Sommer 1992).
Location:: North Darfur state: between Jebel Harayt and Rizaykat (Arab) country, north of Nyala; North Kordofan: south of El Obeid.
Language Status: 10 (Extinct).
Classification: Nilo-Saharan, Satellite-Core, Core, Eastern Sudanic, Northern (k languages), Nubian, Central, Birked
Dialects: None known. Lexical similarity: 60% with Kadaru [kdu], 51% with Midob [mei].
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Birked
Writing: Unwritten [Qaax].

Location: North Darfur state: between Jebel Harayt and Rizaykat (Arab) country, north of Nyala; North Kordofan: south of El Obeid.