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.
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RegionSiberia, Manchuria, Xinjiang 2 Speaker Count Proto-Language StatusTungusic 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. 2 Browse and compare
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Number of Languages 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
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Source Wikipedia: Evenki Language
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Source Wikipedia: Tungusic LanguagesLead sentence 3tier 2Quote, 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.
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The Tungusic languages (; also known as Manchu–Tungus and Tungus) form a language family spoken in eastern Siberia and northern China by Tungusic peoples.
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1. Glottolog: Tungusic (languoid record)
GlottologLanguoid record: child_language_count
"child_language_count": 15
Languoid record: level and category
"level": "family", "bookkeeping": false, "category": "Family"
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approximately 75,000 native speakers of the dozen living languages
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considered a primary language family
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reconstruct Proto-Tungusic without RTR harmony
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There are approximately 75,000 native speakers of the dozen living languages of the Tungusic language family.
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Wikipedia: Altaic Languages
Wikipedia: Evenki Language
Wikimedia FoundationIncludes: Evenki, Lead section, largest member of the northern group of Tungusic languagesView the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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