Kili language explained

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]

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Notes and References

  1. Alexander Vovin, "Tungusic Languages", in the Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics, 2006