Ku language

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

Ku
Bo
Native to	China
Ethnicity	Yi
Language family	Sino-Tibetan (Tibeto-Burman) Lolo–Burmese Loloish Nisoish Northern Loloish Nasoid Ku
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (mis)
Glottolog	None
ELP

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

Varieties

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

• Ku (autonym: ku55) is spoken in Bainitang 白泥塘, Shede Township 舍得彝族乡, Qiubei County, Yunnan Province. They are also locally known as the Bo (Chinese: 僰人; pinyin: Bó rén), 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, 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, Xijide Village 西基得村, Zhulin Township 珠琳镇, Guangnan County, Yunnan Province