Tungusic
An endangered language family in Northeast Asia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4179842 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Juha Janhunen (0000-0003-1242-8808, University of Helsinki, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 2005 |
| Issue | 173 |
| Publication date | 2005-01-20 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of the Sociology of Language (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0165-2516 • E-ISSN: 1613-3668 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1515/ijsl.2005.2005.173.37 |
| OpenAlex | W2005745875 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
Languages of the Tungusic family are historically spoken all over Northeast Asia, including Siberia, Manchuria, and Eastern Turkestan (Xinjiang). Most importantly, the Tungusic family includes Manchu, the offcial administrative language of China during the Qing dynasty (1644–1911). Due to the impact of Chinese and Russian, Tungusic languages have been rapidly losing ground, and there are today only two potentially viable groups speaking Tungusic: the Manchu-speaking Sibe (Xibo) in Xinjiang and the Ewenki-speaking Solon (Ewenke) in Northern Inner Mongolia (Western Manchuria). In both cases, the language could only be saved by drastic positive measures at the national and international levels
Ancient history · Archaeology · Central asia · China · Endangered species · Geography · Inner mongolia · Political science · Population · Sociology · China's Ethnic Minorities and Relations · Demography · History · Linguistics and Cultural Studies · Multilingual Education and Policy
| Citations per year | 0.4 |
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| Citation span | 2016 - 2025 (10) |
| Highly cited | No |