Langenesis

Tungusic family

Manchu

c. 1600 CE – today Living

Manchu (c. 1600 CE – today) is a living Tungusic language. Lineage: Proto-Tungusic → Jurchen → Manchu.

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Speakers
20 (20)
ISO 639-3
mnc
Glottocode
manc1252

Language of the Qing dynasty rulers, written in a script adapted from Mongolian (1599). Critically endangered, with very few native speakers left in Heilongjiang.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Tungusicc. 0 CE – 800 CE
  2. Jurchenc. 1100 CE – 1650 CE
  3. Manchuc. 1600 CE – today

Sister languages 1

Also descended from Jurchen.

Sources