Kiorr language

{{short description|Austroasiatic language spoken in Laos}} {{redirect|Con language|the form of artificially constructed language|Constructed language}} {{Infobox language |name=Kiorr |altname= |nativename=''Kha Kior'' |states=Laos |speakers={{sigfig|2360|2}} |date=1985 |ref=e18 |familycolor=Austro-Asiatic |fam2=Khasi–Palaungic |fam3=Palaungic |fam4=Lametic? |iso3=xko |lc1=cno |ld1=Con (spurious per Glottolog) |glotto=kior1239 |glottorefname=Kiorr }}

'''Kiorr''' (Kha Kior) is a Palaungic language of Luang Namtha Province, Laos.

Diffloth & Zide (1992) had listed '''Con''' as a Lametic language. However, it is treated as a dialect of Kiorr in Sidwell (2010).<ref>Sidwell, Paul. (2010). [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228380392_Three_Austroasiatic_branches_and_the_ASJP Three Austroasiatic branches and the ASJP] (Fig. 23)</ref><ref>[http://sealang.net/sala/mk-class.htm SEALang SALA: Southeast Asian Linguistics Archives]</ref> Kiorr could be a historical name for the Saamtaav people.<ref>Proschan, Frank. (1996). [http://sealang.net/sala/archives/pdf4/proschan1996survey.pdf A Survey of Khmuic and Palaungic Languages in Laos and Vietnam]. In: Pan-Asiatic Linguistics Proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium on Languages and Linguistics. Institute of Language and Culture for Rural Development. Mahidol University at Salaya Thailand.</ref>

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Category:Palaungic languages Category:Languages of Laos