Kili language
(Redirected from Kirin language)
| Kili | |
|---|---|
| Kur-Urmi | |
| Native to | Russia, China |
Native speakers | (40 cited 1989–1990)[citation needed] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
| Glottolog | kuro1242 Kur-Urmikile1243 Kilen |
| ELP | Lua error in Module:Endangered_Languages_Project at line 21: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). |
| File:Lang Status 40-SE.svg Kili is classified as Severely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger. | |
| File:Lang Status 20-CR.svg Kilen is classified as Critically 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 moribund 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
[edit | edit source]- ^ Alexander Vovin, "Tungusic Languages", in the Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics, 2006
Further reading
[edit | edit source]- Zhang, P. [张派予]. (2013). The Kilen language of Manchuria: grammar of a moribund Tungusic language. (Thesis). University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR. Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org/10.5353/th_b4985881
