FUR LANGUAGES

The Fur or for are a small subgroup within the Nile-Saharan languages:

• Fur in western Sudan with 745,000 speakers.
• Amdang or mimi in eastern Chad with 5000 speakers.

LEXIC COMPARISON

The numerals in different languages are:

GLOSA	For	Amdang	PROTO- FUR
'1'	Diík dok	wěkk	*dok
'2'	! awu	♫ ♫ ♫ ♫ íy¢Ü ¢Ü ¢Ü	♪
'3'	Yes.	ít	♪
'4'	ògilàl	️	*nothing
'5'	òs	wát	*wat
'6'	òsàndík	Русский
'7'	(sàbè)	Уаки стаки	â™a â™a â™a â™a â™a
'8'	(tàmàn)	í the transformation	*it-k devoted
'9'	(tìsè)	brrbrr
'10'	wèyè	bkk

Terms in parentheses are lexical borrowings from Arabic.