Manchu

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Manchu is a Tungusic language historically spoken by the Manchu people of Northeast Asia, once the ruling ethnic group of China’s Qing dynasty and now critically endangered.

All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Manchu canonical 54
Manchu language 11
Manchu people 8

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Tungusic language
critically endangered language
associatedDynasty Qing dynasty
country China
endangermentStatus critically endangered
endangermentStatusSource UNESCO Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger
ethnicGroupUsers Manchu people
linked to: Manchu
glottocode manc1252
hasGrammaticalFeature case marking by suffixes
derivational verbal morphology
lack of grammatical gender
postpositions
hasInfluenced Written Mongolian orthography conventions
hasPhonologicalFeature rich consonant inventory
vowel harmony (reduced)
hasVariety Sibe language
historicalRegion Northeast Asia
linked to: East Asia
historicalStatus administrative language of the Qing dynasty
court language of the Qing dynasty
official language of the Qing dynasty
historicalUsePeriod 17th century to early 20th century as major written language
influencedBy Chinese
Classical Mongolian
ISO639-2Code mnc
ISO639-3Code mnc
isStudiedIn Manchu studies
Sinology
historical linguistics
languageFamily Tungusic languages
morphologyType suffixing
numberOfSpeakersTrend declining
region Manchuria
Northeast China
linked to: Manchuria
revitalizationEfforts community-based language classes in China
university courses internationally
scriptDirection left-to-right columns
top-to-bottom
vertical
subfamily Southern Tungusic
linked to: Tungusic languages
typology agglutinative language
usedFor administrative documents in Qing China
bilingual Manchu-Chinese archives
imperial edicts in Qing China
military documents in Qing China
translation of Chinese classics
wordOrder SOV
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

Manchu script
Mongolian script-derived alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (83)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Manchukuo officialLanguage Manchu
Manchuria historicallyInhabitedBy Manchu people
linked to: Manchu
Manchuria wasHomelandOf Manchu people
linked to: Manchu
Xinjiang ethnicGroup Manchu
Qing dynasty officialLanguage Manchu language
linked to: Manchu
Qing army ethnicComposition Manchus
linked to: Manchu
Qing army commandLanguage Manchu
Tungusic languages hasMemberLanguage Manchu language
linked to: Manchu
Tungusic languages hasMemberLanguage Jurchen language
linked to: Manchu
Jin dynasty ethnicGroupInPower Jurchen people
linked to: Manchu
Jin dynasty languageUsed Jurchen language
linked to: Manchu
Kwantung Leased Territory ethnicGroup Manchus
linked to: Manchu
Manchu ethnicGroupUsers Manchu people
linked to: Manchu
Puyi ethnicGroup Manchu
Puyi languageSpoken Manchu
Flag of Manchukuo representsEthnicGroup Manchus
linked to: Manchu
Paektu Mountain isSacredTo Manchu people
linked to: Manchu
Xibe relatedEthnicity Manchu
Hong Taiji languageSpoken Manchu
Aisin Gioro ethnicOrigin Manchu people
linked to: Manchu
Aisin Gioro languageAssociated Manchu language
linked to: Manchu
Chifeng ethnicComposition Manchus
linked to: Manchu
Kangxi ethnicity Manchu
Kangxi language Manchu
Shunzhi Emperor ethnicity Manchu
Dzungar–Qing Wars involvedEthnicGroup Manchus
linked to: Manchu
Nurhaci ethnicity Manchu
Nurhaci unified Manchu tribes
linked to: Manchu
Dorgon ethnicity Manchu
Dorgon languageSpoken Manchu
Yilibu ethnicGroup Manchu
Daur language influencedBy Manchu language
linked to: Manchu
Sibe language closelyRelatedTo Manchu language
linked to: Manchu
Sibe language hasAncestor Manchu language
linked to: Manchu
Qiqihar ethnicGroupPresent Manchu people
linked to: Manchu
Northeastern Mandarin influencedBy Manchu language
linked to: Manchu
Qing emperors ethnicGroup Manchu