Kili (Kilen, Kirin, Kila), known as ''Hezhe'' or more specifically ''Qileen'' () 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".
[Alexander Vovin, "Tungusic Languages", in the ''Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics'', 2006]
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* ELAR archive o
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