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The Fur language (or For; Fur: bèle fòòr or fòòraŋ bèle; Arabic: فوراوي, Fûrâwî; sometimes called Konjara by linguists, after a former ruling clan) is a Nilo-Saharan language spoken by the Fur of Darfur in Western Sudan and Chad.
The Fur or For languages constitute a small, closely related family, which is a proposed member of the Nilo-Saharan family. Its members are: Fur in western Sudan and eastern Chad with around 745,600 speakers in 2004. Amdang (also called Mimi) in eastern Chad with around 41,100 speakers in 2000.
The North American fur trade is the (typically) historical commercial trade of furs and other goods in North America, predominantly in the eastern provinces of Canada and the northeastern American colonies (soon-to-be northeastern United States).
Fur languages, two closely related languages that form part of the Nilo-Saharan language family. Fur proper is spoken mainly in western Sudan and adjacent parts of Chad. The closely related Amdang language is spoken by the Amdang, primarily of Chad, who are also called Biltine, or Mimi; the latter.
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By 1600 the fur trade was well on its way to changing irrevocably the material basis of Native American society. The desire for utilitarian, high-prestige European manufactured goods had already transformed the tribes of eastern Canada from autonomous, subsistence-based societies into dependent ones that specialized in trapping.
Fur is a Nilo-Saharan language spoken mainly in southwestern Sudan, and also in Chad, by about 745,800 people.
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Oct 2, 2014 · The fur trade was a multifaceted, global phenomenon that had a formative influence on the history and cultures of post-contact North America. Archaeological investigations of fur trade-related sites coincide with the inception of historical archaeology.
