Kili language

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Kili
Kur-Urmi
Native toRussia, China
Native speakers
(40 cited 1989–1990)[citation needed]
Tungusic
  • Northern
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
Glottologkile1243
ELP
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 (

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

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