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Name: Birri

Type: Language

Alternate Names: Biri; Viri; Bviri

Spoken in: Central African Republic

Number of speakers: 200 (1996). Ethnic population: 5,000 in Central African Republic. Extinct in Sudan (1993) (Ethnologue)

Number of speakers: 200 (UNESCO)

Number of speakers: 200 (World Oral Literature Project)

Code: bvq

Code Standard: ISO 639-3

Documentation: SIL

Families: Nilo-Saharan

Parent Subgroup: Sara-Bagirmi; Bongo-Baka-Morokodo-Beli-Gberi-Sara-Vale-Nduka-Tana-Horo-Bagirmi-Kuka-Kenga-Disa-Bubalia (srbi)

Child Dialects: Munga (bvq-mun) Mboto (bvq-mbo)

Endangerment Status

UNESCO Status: Critically endangered

Ethnologue Status: Not listed

Sutherland's Red List: Not listed

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