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Tungusic

Eurasian Language Families

A family of a dozen living languages spoken across Siberia, Manchuria and Xinjiang, split into a Northern (Ewenic-Udegheic) and a Southern (Jurchenic-Nanaic) branch. Manchu, historically the most influential Tungusic language, is now critically endangered, and many other Tungusic languages face the same threat.

Facts
Region
Siberia, Manchuria, Xinjiang 1
Speaker Count
75,000 1
Proto-Language Status
Tungusic is considered a primary language family in its own right, with internal relationships among its languages well established even as many member languages face severe endangerment. 1
Tungusic
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Evenki

Tungusic
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Altaic, Language Families

Why this is disputed. Tungusic is one of the three core families the Altaic hypothesis proposes to unite; most specialists attribute the resemblance to areal contact rather than common descent.

Source Wikipedia: Altaic Languages

Includes

Evenki, Languages
Source Wikipedia: Evenki Language
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Includes

Classical Mongolian

Also in Divinity Atlas: included in this subject.

Evenki

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Found In

Manchuria

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source Wikipedia: Tungusic LanguagesLead sentence 3tier 2
Quote, Lead sentence 3
Today, the most spoken language in the family is Xibe, a southern Tungusic language spoken by a group that migrated from Manchuria to Xinjiang in the 18th century.
Siberia

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Source Wikipedia: Tungusic LanguagesLead sentence 1tier 2
Quote, Lead sentence 1
The Tungusic languages (; also known as Manchu–Tungus and Tungus) form a language family spoken in eastern Siberia and northern China by Tungusic peoples.
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Tungusic Languages
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Introduction
    approximately 75,000 native speakers of the dozen living languages
  • Relationships section
    considered a primary language family
  • Lead section
    There are approximately 75,000 native speakers of the dozen living languages of the Tungusic language family.
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Wikidata: Tungusic
Wikidata Q34230, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
Wikipedia: Altaic Languages
Wikimedia FoundationAssociated With: Altaic, IntroductionView the Source
Wikipedia: Evenki Language
Wikimedia FoundationIncludes: Evenki, Lead section, largest member of the northern group of Tungusic languagesView the Source
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