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

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

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

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