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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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


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


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