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). Sidwell, Paul. (2010). [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228380392_Three_Austroasiatic_branches_and_the_ASJP Three Austroasiatic branches and the ASJP] (Fig. 23)[http://sealang.net/sala/mk-class.htm SEALang SALA: Southeast Asian Linguistics Archives] Kiorr could be a historical name for the Saamtaav people.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.