Ku language

"Ku" is also the ISO 639-1 Language Code for the Kurdish language.

Ku
Bo
Native to	China
Ethnicity	Yi
Language family	Sino-Tibetan (Tibeto-Burman) Lolo–Burmese Loloish Nisoish Northern Loloish Nasoid Ku
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (mis)
Glottolog	None

Ku (autonym: ku55) is a Loloish language cluster of southeastern Yunnan, China.

Varieties

There are three different varieties of Ku. ^[1] Speakers of each consider themselves to be separate ethnic groups. ^[2] However, they are officially classified by the Chinese government as ethnic Yi. ^[3]

• Ku (autonym: ku55) is spoken in Bainitang 白泥塘, ^[4] Shede Township 舍得彝族乡, Qiubei County, Yunnan Province. They are also locally known as the Bo (Chinese : 僰 人 ; pinyin :Bó rén), and continue to build hanging coffins. The Ku of Bainitang claim that their ancestors had migrated from Yibin, Sichuan.
• Another variety of Ku (autonym: ku55) in Wujiazhai 五家寨, ^[5] Shede Township 舍得彝族乡, Qiubei County, Yunnan Province is unintelligible with Ku of Bainitang 白泥塘.
• Ku of Shidongmen 石洞门, ^[6] Xijide Village 西基得村, Zhulin Township 珠琳镇, Guangnan County, Yunnan Province

References

1. "MSEA Languages". sites.google.com. Retrieved 2017-12-30.
3. Qiubei County Gazetteer 丘北县志 (1999)
4. "丘北县舍得彝族乡矣白村民委白泥塘村". ynszxc.gov.cn. Archived from the original on 2017-12-02. Retrieved 2017-12-30.
5. "丘北县舍得彝族乡舍得村民委五家寨村". ynszxc.gov.cn. Archived from the original on 2017-12-13. Retrieved 2017-12-30.
6. "广南县珠琳镇西基德村委会石洞门". ynszxc.gov.cn. Archived from the original on 2017-12-27. Retrieved 2017-12-30.