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.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Manchu canonical 54
Manchu language 11
Manchu people 8

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 self-linksurface differs
surface form: Manchu people
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 East Asia
surface form: Northeast 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 script
surface form: Classical Mongolian
ISO639-2Code mnc
ISO639-3Code mnc
isStudiedIn Manchu studies
Sinology
historical linguistics
languageFamily Tungusic languages
morphologyType suffixing
numberOfSpeakersTrend declining
region Manchuria
Manchuria
surface form: Northeast China
revitalizationEfforts community-based language classes in China
university courses internationally
scriptDirection left-to-right columns
top-to-bottom
vertical
subfamily Tungusic languages
surface form: Southern Tungusic
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 alphabet
surface form: Latin script

Manchu script
Mongolian script-derived alphabet

Referenced by (83)

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

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