Kili language

Tungusic language of northeastern Manchuria and Russia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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]

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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)
Glottologkuro1242  Kur-Urmi
kile1243  Kilen
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Kili is classified as Severely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger
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