Xibe

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Language: Xibe
Alternate names: Sibe, Sibo, Xibo, Xibe, Sibin, Colloquial Manchu, 錫伯語
Language code: sjo
Language family: Altaic, Tungusic, Southern, Southwest (SIL classification)
Number of speakers: ~27,000
Vulnerability: Vulnerable
Script: Mongolian script, Sibe style.

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Officially classified within Xibe nationality. Descendants of an 18th century Qing dynasty military garrison. Loans from Uyghur, Kazakh, and Chinese. Traditional religion.

A diaspora group (since 1763) of Manchu from Manchuria