Manchu

E111209

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 (11)

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 (189)

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 ⓘ