Kili | |
Also Known As: | Kur-Urmi |
States: | Russia, China |
Speakers: | 40 |
Date: | 1989–1990 |
Familycolor: | Altaic |
Fam1: | Tungusic |
Fam2: | Northern |
Fam3: | Ewenic |
Fam4: | Evenki group |
Map2: | Lang Status 40-SE.svg |
Iso3: | none |
Glotto: | kuro1242 |
Glottoname: | Kur-Urmi |
Glotto2: | kile1243 |
Glottoname2: | Kilen |
Kili (Kilen, Kirin, Kila), known as Hezhe or more specifically Qile'en 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]