Hezhenyu
E1000036
Hezhenyu is the native Tungusic language spoken by the Hezhen (Nanai) people of northeastern China.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Tungusic language
ⓘ
endangered language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Chinese Nanai
ⓘ
Hezhe language NERFINISHED ⓘ Hezhen dialect of Nanai ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo | Nanai language (Russia) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | China ⓘ |
| documentationStatus | limited descriptive grammars and wordlists ⓘ |
| endangeredDueTo |
assimilation policies
ⓘ
dominance of Mandarin Chinese ⓘ urbanization ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Hezhen
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nanai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCaseSystem | yes ⓘ |
| hasLexicalBorrowingFrom |
Manchu
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mandarin Chinese NERFINISHED ⓘ Russian (via Nanai contact) ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature | rich consonant inventory typical of Tungusic languages ⓘ |
| hasVowelHarmony | yes ⓘ |
| ISOStatus | no widely used separate ISO 639-3 code (often grouped with Nanai) ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Altaic languages (proposed)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tungusic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageShiftTo | Mandarin Chinese NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| morphologyType | agglutinative ⓘ |
| nativeName | Hezhenyu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| preservationSupportedBy |
Chinese academic institutions
ⓘ
local cultural bureaus in Heilongjiang ⓘ |
| primaryWordOrder | SOV ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | minority language of China ⓘ |
| region | northeastern China ⓘ |
| spokenBy |
Hezhen people
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nanai people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenByGenerations | primarily elderly speakers ⓘ |
| status |
moribund
ⓘ
severely endangered ⓘ |
| subclassOf | Southern Tungusic language ⓘ |
| subjectTo | language revitalization efforts ⓘ |
| taughtIn | local schools in Hezhen communities ⓘ |
| usedAlongRivers |
Amur River
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Songhua River NERFINISHED ⓘ Ussuri River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
folklore
ⓘ
rituals ⓘ songs ⓘ traditional oral literature ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Heilongjiang Province
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jilin Province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Chinese characters (for transcriptions and teaching) ⓘ |
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