Zurg language

Zurg, or Kufra, is reportedly an extinct Berber language formerly spoken in the town of Kufra in southeastern Libya.[1] No data seems to be attested for it, and it is described by Benkato (2017) as a "ghost language" that may never have existed.[2]

Zurg
Kufra
Native toLibya
RegionKufra District
Extinct(date missing)
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
GlottologNone

References

  1. Blench (2001) "Types of language spread and their archaeological correlates: the example of Berber", Origini XXIII, p. 186. Retrieved 2015 October 26.
  2. "Ghost Languages?". 16 September 2017.


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