Fur

Fur is a Furan language spoken in Sudan, Chad, and Central African Republic, by about 746 thousand people.

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The Fur language or For; (Fur: Foor’íŋ belé’ŋ) is a Nilo-Saharan language spoken by the Fur of Darfur in Western Sudan and Chad. It is part of a broader family of languages known as the Fur languages.

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Written down

kwa-sí nyéttiŋ baajtólá kereli nás nisila na ta̱gɨdɨŋ arrá ka̱ɨŋ, Naŋ-sí ugola na kilmaŋá arrá ka̱ɨŋ namá in lóŋ áláŋ sǔrŋâ-sí kí jaiŋa in kéél ná sǔrŋâ suurꞌíŋ bârŋa.

Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR in Unicode).

Words in Fur

Meaning	Word	Romanization
woman	yaa
person	duo*
name	kona*
eye	nuNi*
ear	dilo*
nose	dormi*
tooth	dagi*
tongue	dali*
hand	doNa*
blood	kEwa*
bone	daru*
skin	darma*
knee	kuru*
breast	nansu*
liver	nundENiNkwe*
water	koro
fire	utu*
sun	dule*
star	uri*
stone	dito*
mountain	fugo*
tree	kuru*
leaf	kuruNdElmaN*
night	lul*
dog	asa*
fish	fun*
louse	ninaN*
one	tok*
two	awu*
I	ka*