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| Total population | |
|---|---|
| about 502,000 in 1983,[1] about 744,000 in 2004,[2] about 1,100,000 as of 2017[3] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Sudan 894,000, Chad 17,000, Central African Republic 14,500, Egypt 4,200[4] | |
| Languages | |
| Fur | |
| Religion | |
| Sunni Islam | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Amdang, Masalit, Tunjur, Zaghawa, Nilo-Saharans |
The Fur (Fur: fòòrà, Arabic: فور Fūr) are an ethnic group predominantly inhabiting Darfur, the western part of Sudan, where they are the largest ethnic group.[5] They speak the Fur language, which belongs to the Nilo-Saharan family.
- ^ "Fur A language of Sudan". Ethnologue: Languages of the World. SIL International. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
- ^ "A Closer Look: Sudan, The Peoples of Darfur". Cultural Survival. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
- ^ "Fur". Ethnologue. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
- ^ "Languages of Egypt". Ethnologue. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
- ^ Gettleman, Jeffrey, "Chaos in Darfur on rise as Arabs fight with Arabs", news article, The New York Times, 3 September 2007, pp 1, A7