lang_description: "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. ",
public_comment: ""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.)",
private_comment: null,
source_id: null,
speakers: [
{
id:30553,
code_id:10473,
speaker_number: "10-99",
speaker_number_text: "20 in China",
second_language_speakers: "",
semi_speakers: "",
children: "",
young_adults: "",
older_adults: "",
elders: "",
ethnic_population: "",
date_of_info: "",
public_comment: "possibly more speakers on the Russian side",