Kili language

Tungusic language of northeastern Manchuria and Russia
Kili
Kur-Urmi
Native toRussia, China
Native speakers
(40 cited 1989–1990)[citation needed]
Language family
Tungusic
  • Northern
    • Ewenic
      • Evenki group
        • Kili
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
Glottologkile1243
ELP
  • Kili
  • Kilen
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

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

External links

  • ELAR archive of Endangered Tungusic Languages of Khabarovskij Kraj (including Kur-Urmi)
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Tungusic languages
Ewenic
  • Even
  • Evenki
  • Kili
  • Negidal
  • Oroqen
Udegheic
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