Projet Langues en danger

Ethnologue considers Kilen to be part of Nanai [gld], but Prof. Juha Janhunen (2015, p.c.) suggests it should be listed as a separate language.

ÉGALEMENT APPELÉ		Sungari Nanay, килен, 赫哲語奇楞方言, Sungari Nanai, Akani
CLASSIFICATION		Tungusic, Southern Tungusic, Amur Tungusic
TÉLÉCHARGER		En tant que csv
COMMENTAIRES SUPPLÉMENTAIRES		"The speakers of Kilen on the Chinese side are officially listed as Hezhe (Hedjen, Chinese Nanai). And it is better described as Nanai with Udeghe phonetics." (Juha Janhunen, p.c.)

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Raohe County in the northeast of Heilongjiang Province, China; possibly also Pozharskoye County in Maritime (Primor’ye) Region, the Russian Federation

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