Manchu leid
Manchu (Manchu: ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠ
ᡤᡳᠰᡠᠨ manju gisun) is an endangered Tungusic leid spoken in Northeast Cheenae; it uised tae be the native leid o the Manchu, tho nou maist Manchus speak Mandarin Cheenese an thare are fewer nor 70 native an semi-speakers o Manchu oot o a tot o nearly 10 million ethnic Manchus. Altho the Xibe leid, wi 40,000 speakers, is in almaist every respect identical tae Manchu, Xibe speakers, who live in far wastren Xinjiang, are ethnically distinct frae Manchus.[2]
| Manchu | |
|---|---|
| ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠ ᡤᡳᠰᡠᠨ manju gisun | |
| Native tae | China |
| Region | Heilongjiang |
| Ethnicity | 10.7 million Manchus (2000 census) |
Native speakers | 18 (2007)[1] |
Tungusic
| |
| Dialects | |
| Manchu alphabet (Mongolian script) | |
| Leid codes | |
| ISO 639-2 | mnc |
| ISO 639-3 | mnc |
References
eedit- ↑ "China's Manchu speakers struggle to save language" (in Inglis). 16 Mairch 2007. Retrieved 18 Julie 2019 – via NYTimes.com.
- ↑ Ma, Yin: Die nationalen Minderheiten in China, p. 250. Verlag für fremdsprachige Literatur, Beijing, 1990, ISBN 7-119-00010-1. (in German)