Kili language

Not to be confused with Kili language (Gabon) or Kili language (Congo).

Kili
Kur-Urmi
Native to	Russia, China
Native speakers	(40 cited 1989–1990)^[citation needed]
Language family	Tungusic Northern Ewenic Evenki group Kili
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (mis)
Glottolog	kuro1242  Kur-Urmi kile1243  Kilen
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 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

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

Further reading

• 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

External links

• ELAR archive of Endangered Tungusic Languages of Khabarovskij Kraj (including Kur-Urmi)