Kiorr (Kha Kior) is a
Palaungic language
The Palaungic or Palaung–Wa languages are a group of nearly 30 Austroasiatic languages, with scholars disagreeing on exactly which languages to include in the classification. They are spoken in scattered pockets across an inland region of South ...
of
Luang Namtha Province
Luang Namtha (, ; literally 'royal sugar palm' or "'royal green river') is a province of Laos in the country's north. From 1966 to 1976 it formed, together with Bokeo, the province of Houakhong. Luang Namtha province covers an area of . Its pr ...
,
Laos
Laos, officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic (LPDR), is the only landlocked country in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by Myanmar and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the southeast, and Thailand to the west and ...
.
Diffloth & Zide (1992) had listed Con as a
Lametic language. However, it is treated as a dialect of Kiorr in Sidwell (2010). Kiorr could be a historical name for the Saamtaav people.
[Proschan, Frank. (1996)]
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.
References
Palaungic languages
Languages of Laos
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