Manchu

Facts

  • Language: Manchu
  • Alternate names: Man, Mandschurisch, Mandschu, Mantischeou, Chinesische Tatarn, 滿語
  • Language code: mnc
  • Language family: Altaic, Tungusic, Southern, Southwest (SIL classification)
  • Number of speakers: <20
  • Vulnerability: Endangered
  • Script: Mongolian script, Manchu style, used since 1599. Mongolian script, Old Manchu style, no longer in use.

More information:

    Officially classified within Man (Manchu) nationality. Traditional religion, Buddhist.

    Manchu is spoken in China, East Asia.