Manchu leid

Manchu
	ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠ ᡤᡳᠰᡠᠨ manju gisun
Native tae	China
Region	Heilongjiang
Ethnicity	10.7 million Manchus (2000 census)
Native speakers	18 (2007)
Leid faimily	Tungusic Soothren Manchu group Manchu; ; ;
Dialects	Xibe;
Writin seestem	Manchu alphabet (Mongolian script)
Leid codes
ISO 639-2	mnc
ISO 639-3	mnc
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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]

References[eedit | eedit soorce]

↑ "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)

[1] "China's Manchu speakers struggle to save language" (in Inglis). 16 Mairch 2007. Retrieved 18 Julie 2019 – via NYTimes.com.

[2] Ma, Yin: Die nationalen Minderheiten in China, p. 250. Verlag für fremdsprachige Literatur, Beijing, 1990, ISBN 7-119-00010-1. (in German)

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