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The Qing dynasty used various Mandarin Chinese expressions to refer to the Manchu language, such as "Qingwen" (清文) and "Qingyu" (清語) ("Qing language").
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Manchu language, the most historically influential of the Manchu-Tungus languages (a family within the Altaic language group), formerly spoken by the Manchu people in Manchuria and once a court language of the Qing dynasty. In 1995 fewer than 70 Manchu, all of whom were over age 70 and living in Heilongjiang province, were believed to still ...
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The Manchu began to adopt the Chinese customs and language and to intermarry with the Chinese. Few, if any, spoke the Manchu language by the end of the 20th century. China’s government, however, continues to identify the Manchu as a separate ethnic group (numbering more than 10.5 million in the early 21st century).
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Because it was the official language of the last dynasty to rule in China, the Qing (1644-1911), a great many historical, religious, and literary works—as well as documentary sources—were composed in Manchu beginning in the early 1600s.
Dec 3, 2013 · Officials in the Chinese court were Manchus from the northeast, mostly beyond the Great Wall, near the border with Korea. Manchuria is the English name of the region. The Manchus had their own language, too. And naturally, Manchu became the language of all official business during the Qing Dynasty.
The Jurchen language of the Jin dynasty was written in a complex script, partly logo- graphic, partly syllabic, but by the time of Nurgaci's rise to power, it had fallen from use. During the early years of Nurgaci's hegemony, documents were written in Mongolian.
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Apr 29, 2013 · In the mid 18th century, Manchu was used in certain genres of administrative writing throughout a territory many times larger than that of the pre-conquest Manchu state. Through neologisms and loans, its vocabulary had grown to more easily serve as a vehicle of government.
