Kanan

ZKN

vigorous

Alternate Names: Ganaan, Ganan, Ganon, Genan, Kana

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

Genealogy:

Sino-Tibetan
Tibeto-Burman
Sal
Jingpho-Luish
Luish

Demographics: 9,000 (2007 SIL). 0 monolinguals.

Language Use: Vigorous. All domains. All ages. Positive attitudes. Also use Burmese [mya].

Writing System: Unwritten

Nation of Origin: Myanmar

Other Comments: Buddhist.