Birri language

Birri
Native to	Central African Republic
Ethnicity	5,000 in CAR (1996)[1]
Native speakers	200 (1996)[2]; extinct in South Sudan (1993)[2]
Language family	Nilo-Saharan? Central Sudanic Birri–Kresh Birri; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	bvq
Glottolog	birr1240[3]

Birri (Bviri) is a nearly extinct, possibly Central Sudanic language of CAR and formerly of (South) Sudan. According to Boyeldieu (2010), its classification as Central Sudanic has yet to be demonstrated,^[3] but Starostin (2016) finds its closest relative to be Kresh.

References

↑ Birri language at Ethnologue (14th ed., 2000).
1 2 Birri at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
1 2 Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Birri". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

Roger Blench (2012) Nilo-Saharan language listing

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[e14-1] Birri language at Ethnologue (14th ed., 2000).

[e18-2] 1 2 Birri at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)

[Glottolog-3] 1 2 Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Birri". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.