Manchu Language
Manchu (Manchu: ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠᡤᡳᠰᡠᠨ, manju gisun) is a critically endangered East Asian Tungusic language native to the historical region of Manchuria in Northeast China. As the traditional native language of the Manchus, it was one of the official languages of the Qing dynasty (1636–1912) of China and in Inner Asia, though today the vast majority of Manchus now speak only Mandarin Chinese. Now, several thousand can speak Manchu as a second language through governmental primary education or free classes for adults in classrooms or online.The Manchu language enjoys high historical value for historians of China, especially for the Qing dynasty. Manchu-language …
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HAL-SHS - Sciences de l'Homme et de la Société · 4 May 2022 French
This presentation deals with the results of the study of passive constructions in Udihe (Manchu-Tungusic). In these constructions, the Agent is de-emphasized, the attention is transferred to the Patient. The …
eat-Caus-Pst-3sg ‘The girl fed the cuckoo well’.Manchu language In literary Manchu there is a form with the …
UNU WIDER: United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research · 9 August 2018 English
Asia and the world economy in historical perspective
which was solely occupied by Manchus. The Manchu language and script were also used to maintain all confidential …
UNESCO: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation · 2017 English
University. From 1899 Šmits taught Chinese and Manchu language and literature at the Far East Institute in …
HKIHSS: Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences · 2016 English
attention to the Qing rulers’ use of the Manchu language as a vehicle for knowledge transmission, my … provided a “religious” foil to Chinese- and Manchu-language literature associated with matters of administration …
HAL-SHS - Sciences de l'Homme et de la Société · 1 September 2015
The Calendar Case (liyu 曆獄) is well known to historians of Chinese astronomy and to historians of the Jesuit mission to China; during the last sixty years, it has attracted …
historical events of the Qing dynasty for which Manchu language sources are only beginning to be exploited …
Weatherhead Center for International Affairs · 2010 English
national commerce. Based on original Chinese and Manchu-language sources, and drawing on the latest scholarship …
UNESCO: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation · 2001 English
with the exception of the Sibo dialect of the Manchu language, which was the language of the Manchu conquerers … as well as in Chinese. The Tungusic Sibo-Manchu language is spoken only by the Sibo themselves, but …
IGES: Institute for Global Environmental Strategies · 5 April 2000 English
names of traps such as "Huka" (snare traps) and "Langi"(log drop traps) are common from the Manchu language in the south to the Evenki and the Even language in the north. [...] The reason should be garnered …
"Langi"(log drop traps) are common from the Manchu language in the south to the Evenki and the Even language …
ERIC: Education Resources Information Center English
The materials in this curriculum guide were designed to prepare teachers and students in grades 2-11 for the "Secret World of the Forbidden City: Splendors from China's Imperial Palace 1644-1911" …
adopting Chinese customs while maintaining the Manchu language and style of dress and preserving their superior …
ERIC: Education Resources Information Center English
THIS REPORT LISTS AND DESCRIBES THE BOREO-ORIENTAL LANGUAGES WHICH INCLUDE ALL NON-CAUCASIAN, NON-INDO-EUROPEAN, AND NON-SINO-TIBETAN LANGUAGES SPOKEN BETWEEN THE LINE THAT SEPARATES EUROPE FROM ASIA AND THE NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN. …
clearly exemplify a correspondence with the Manchu language. In 1857, when Castren postulated the linguistic … Outside of China, on the other hand, the Manchu language was maintained, but generally in a bilingual …
