Ku language explained

"Ku" is also the ISO 639-1 Language Code for the Kurdish language.

Ku
Also Known As:	Bo
States:	China
Ethnicity:	Yi
Ref:	^[1]
Familycolor:	Sino-Tibetan
Fam2:	(Tibeto-Burman)
Fam3:	Lolo–Burmese
Fam4:	Loloish
Fam5:	Nisoish
Fam6:	Northern Loloish
Fam7:	Nasoid
Iso3:	none
Glotto:	none

Ku (autonym: pronounced as /ku55/) is a Loloish language cluster of southeastern Yunnan, China.

Varieties

There are three different varieties of Ku.^[2] Speakers of each consider themselves to be separate ethnic groups.^[1] However, they are officially classified by the Chinese government as ethnic Yi.^[3]

• Ku (autonym: ku55) is spoken in Bainitang 白泥塘,^[4] Shede Township 舍得彝族乡, Qiubei County, Yunnan Province. They are also locally known as the Bo, and continue to build hanging coffins. The Ku of Bainitang claim that their ancestors had migrated from Yibin, Sichuan.
• Another variety of Ku (autonym: ku55) in Wujiazhai 五家寨,^[5] Shede Township 舍得彝族乡, Qiubei County, Yunnan Province is unintelligible with Ku of Bainitang 白泥塘.
• Ku of Shidongmen 石洞门,^[6] Xijide Village 西基得村, Zhulin Township 珠琳镇, Guangnan County, Yunnan Province

Notes and References

1. Hsiu, Andrew. 2013. New endangered Tibeto-Burman languages of southwestern China: Mondzish, Longjia, Pherbu, and others. Presented at ICSTLL 46, Dartmouth College.
2. Web site: MSEA Languages. sites.google.com. 2017-12-30.
3. Qiubei County Gazetteer 丘北县志 (1999)
4. Web site: 丘北县舍得彝族乡矣白村民委白泥塘村. ynszxc.gov.cn. 2017-12-30.
5. Web site: 丘北县舍得彝族乡舍得村民委五家寨村. ynszxc.gov.cn. 2017-12-30.
6. Web site: 广南县珠琳镇西基德村委会石洞门. ynszxc.gov.cn. 2017-12-30.