Tungusic family
Xibe
1764 CE – today Living
Xibe (1764 CE – today) is a living Tungusic language. Lineage: Proto-Tungusic → Jurchen → Xibe.
See Xibe on the interactive map- Speakers
- 30K (30,000)
- ISO 639-3
- sjo
- Glottocode
- xibe1242
Close relative of Manchu (sometimes treated as a Manchu dialect), spoken by Xibe garrison descendants relocated to Xinjiang in 1764.
Lineage
- Proto-Tungusicc. 0 CE – 800 CE
- Jurchenc. 1100 CE – 1650 CE
- Xibe1764 CE – today
Sister languages 1
Also descended from Jurchen.