Language · ISO 639-3 lth
Thur Language
Thur is a language spoken by about 1.5 million people in 1 country.
1.5 million
Speakers · #373 in the world
1
Countries where it is spoken
0
Countries where it is official
Unknown
Endangerment status
Where Thur is spoken
- Official language
- Regional official
- Spoken by 10%+
- 1–10%
- Smaller communities
Countries that speak Thur
Language family
No family classification is available.
About the Thur language
Thur is spoken by about 1.5 million people, which makes it the 373rd most spoken language in the world — just behind Laki (1.5 million) and ahead of Manipuri (1.5 million).
Where is Thur spoken?
Thur is used in 1 country. The largest communities live in Uganda (1.5 million).
Thur is not a national official language anywhere.
Writing system and status
ISO codes: ISO 639-3 lth.
Frequently asked questions about Thur
How many people speak Thur?
About 1.5 million people — #373 among the world's languages.
Where is Thur spoken?
Mostly in Uganda (1.5 million).
Is Thur an endangered language?
Thur is classed as unknown (Glottolog AES).
Data: Languages of the World dataset (MIT) — ISO 639-3, Glottolog (CC BY 4.0), Unicode CLDR, Google LinguaMeta (CC BY 4.0) and Wikidata; country lists: samayo/country-json (MIT). Speaker numbers include first- and second-language speakers where sources report them.