Kanan
PrintA language of Myanmar
ISO 639-3
Alternate Names
Ganaan, Ganan, Ganon, Genan, Kana
Population
9,000 (2007 SIL). No monolinguals.
Location
Sagaing Region, Katha district, Banmauk township, along Mu river, southwest of Kadu [zkd] language area, 24 villages; Homalin, Indaw, and Pinlebu townships, a few villages.
Language Maps
Language Status
6a (Vigorous).
Classification
Dialects
High comprehension within all the Kanan villages. Low comprehension of Kadu varieties. Similar to Kadu [zkd]. Lexical similarity: 95%–99% within Kanan varieties, 84%–89% with Kadu varieties.
Language Use
Vigorous. All domains. All ages. Positive attitudes. Most also use Burmese [mya].
Language Resources
Writing
Unwritten.
Buddhist.