Guru language

Guru
Boguru
Native toSouth Sudan
Ethnicity500
Extinct2011 in South Sudan. Nearly extinct in DR Congo.
Language codes
ISO 639-3bqu
Glottologbogu1241
D.302
ELPBoguru

The Guru language, or Boguru, is a poorly documented South Sudanese Bantu language of uncertain affiliation (though listed as unclassified Zone D.30 by Guthrie). For a while, a number of speakers were refugees in DR Congo, but the language is nearly extinct there as well.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Guru at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ↑ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online