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Manchu began as a primary language of the Qing dynasty Imperial court, but as Manchu officials became increasingly sinicized many started losing the language. Trying to preserve the Manchu identity, the imperial government instituted Manchu language classes and examinations for the bannermen , offering rewards to those who excelled in the 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.
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Type of writing system: alphabetMost letters have several different forms: initial, medial and final, which are used at the beginning, middle and end of a word respectively. The vowels also have isolated forms.Some letters have different shapes depending on which vowel comes before and/or after them.Manchu (ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠ ᡤᡳᠰᡠᠨ/ manju gisun), a Southern Tungusic language. There are currently about 10 million Manchus living mainly in north-eastern China, of whom about 100 speak Manchu and only 20 can read and write it. Most speak only Mandarin. A version of the Manchu script is used to write Xibe, a Southern Tungusic language closely related to Manchu a...
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1. The second final form of e is used after k, g and h.
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1. The first medial form of nis used before vowels; the second is used before consonants 2. The first medial form of ngis used before i, o, u and ū; the second is used before e and i 3. The first medial form of kis used before a, o and ū; the second is used before consonants 4. The first initial and medial forms of tare used before a, o and i;the second initial and medial forms are used before e, u ū;the third medial form is used before consonants 5. First initial and medial forms of dare use...
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Information about Manchu http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchu_language https://www.ethnologue.com/language/mnc http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/满文 http://baike.baidu.com/view/56403.htm Some Manchu words and phrases and part of a story (with audio) http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/MANCHU-LANGUAGE.html Manchu fonts http://sourceforge.net/p...
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Modern research shows that the Juchen- Manchu speak a language belonging to the sparse but geographically widespread Manchu-Tungus subfamily of the Altaic languages.
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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.
May 20, 2016 · Established as a multiethnic and multilingual empire, the Qing dynasty used Manchu, Chinese, and other languages in its government. Influenced by nationalism, the court attempted to establish Manchu as the “national language.”
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