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)
Language family	Tungusic Northern? Evenki group Kili
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (`mis`)
Glottolog	`kile1243`^[1]

Kili (Kirin, Kila), known as Hezhe or more specifically Qileen (奥罗克 Qílēi'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".^[2]

References

↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Kilen". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
↑ 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)

Tungusic languages

Northern

Northern proper	Even Evenki Kile Negidal Oroqen

transitional	Oroch Udege

Southern

Nanai group	Nanai Orok Ulch

Manchu group	Jurchen Manchu Xibe

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