Kiorr language explained

Kiorr
Nativename:Kha Kior
States:Laos
Date:1985
Ref:e18
Familycolor:Austro-Asiatic
Fam2:Khasi–Palaungic
Fam3:Palaungic
Fam4:Lametic?
Iso3:xko
Lc1:cno
Ld1:Con (spurious per Glottolog)
Glotto:kior1239
Glottorefname:Kiorr

Kiorr (Kha Kior) is a Palaungic language of Luang Namtha Province, Laos.

Diffloth & Zide (1992) had listed Con as a Lametic language. However, it is treated as a dialect of Kiorr in Sidwell (2010).[1] [2] Kiorr could be a historical name for the Saamtaav people.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Sidwell, Paul. (2010). Three Austroasiatic branches and the ASJP (Fig. 23)
  2. http://sealang.net/sala/mk-class.htm SEALang SALA: Southeast Asian Linguistics Archives
  3. Proschan, Frank. (1996). A Survey of Khmuic and Palaungic Languages in Laos and Vietnam. In: Pan-Asiatic Linguistics Proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium on Languages and Linguistics. Institute of Language and Culture for Rural Development. Mahidol University at Salaya Thailand.

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