18594 Firan 1000-9999 "There are probably about three thousand speakers of Fəran, although the scattered nature of their compounds makes this difficult to estimate. Immediate observation suggests that most children grow up speaking the language and that it is surviving under pressure from its larger neighbours, Berom and Iten, as well as the vehicular language, Hausa." The Fəran language of Central Nigeria and its affinities On ~3000 1000-9999