Kanan

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A language of Myanmar

ISO 639-3
zkn
Alternate Names
Ganaan, Ganan, Ganon, Genan, Kana
User Population

9,000 (2007 SIL). No monolinguals.

Location

Sagaing region: Katha district, Banmauk township along Mu river, 24 villages; Homalin, Indaw, and Pinlebu townships, a few villages.

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Language Status

6a (Vigorous).

Classification
Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Sal, Jingppaw-Asakia, Asakian
Dialects

None known. High comprehension within all the Kanan villages. Low comprehension of, but reportedly similar to, Kadu [zkd]. Lexical similarity: 95%–99% within Kanan varieties, 84%–89% with Kadu varieties.

Language Use

Vigorous. All domains. Used by all. Positive attitudes. Also use Burmese [mya].

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Kanan
Writing

Unwritten [Qaax].

Other Comments

Buddhist.