Kili language
(Redirected from Kilen language)
Kili | |
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Kur-Urmi | |
Native to | Russia, China |
Native speakers | (40 cited 1989–1990)[citation needed] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | None (mis ) |
Glottolog | kile1243 |
ELP | |
Kili is classified as Severely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger |
Kili (Kilen, Kirin, Kila), known as Hezhe or more specifically Qile'en (Chinese: 奇勒恩; pinyin: 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".[1]
References
- ^ Alexander Vovin, "Tungusic Languages", in the Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics, 2006
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