Kili language
Kili (Kirin, Kila), known as Hezhe or more specifically Qileen (奇勒恩 Qílè'ēn) in Chinese and also as the Kur-Urmi dialect of Nanai, is a Tungusic language of Russia and China. Nanai is a Southern Tungusic language, and Kili has traditionally been considered one of the diverse dialects of Nanai, but it "likely belongs to the northern group".[2]
| Kili | |
|---|---|
| Kur-Urmi | |
| Native to | Russia, China |
Native speakers | (40 cited 1989–1990) |
Tungusic
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
| Glottolog | kile1243[1] |
References
- Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Kilen". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- Alexander Vovin, "Tungusic Languages", in the Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics, 2006
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