Manchu

Summary

Manchu is a natural language^[1]. Manchu ranks in the top 9% of natural_language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,681 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Manchu is in the country of People's Republic of China^[3].
• Manchu is in the country of Russia^[4].
• Manchu's instance of is recorded as natural language^[5].
• Manchu's instance of is recorded as modern language^[6].
• Manchu is a type of Jurchenic^[7].
• Manchu's writing system is recorded as Manchu alphabet^[8].
• Manchu's writing system is recorded as Mongolian^[9].
• Manchu's Commons category is recorded as Manchu language^[10].
• Manchu's Wikimedia language code is recorded as mnc^[11].
• Manchu's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Manchu language^[12].
• Manchu's described at URL is recorded as http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/12/world/asia/china-xinjiang-manchu-xibe-language.html^[13].
• Manchu's described at URL is recorded as http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20160112/c12manchu/^[14].
• Manchu's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+20'}^[15].
• Manchu's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[16].
• Manchu's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[17].
• Manchu's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[18].
• Manchu's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'mnc', 'text': 'ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠ ᡤᡳᠰᡠᠨ'}^[19].
• Manchu's UNESCO language status is recorded as 5 critically endangered^[20].
• Manchu's indigenous to is recorded as Manchuria^[21].
• Manchu's indigenous to is recorded as Qapqal Xibe Autonomous County^[22].
• Manchu's indigenous to is recorded as Beijing^[23].
• Manchu's indigenous to is recorded as Hebei^[24].
• Manchu's indigenous to is recorded as Heilongjiang^[25].
• Manchu's indigenous to is recorded as Jilin^[26].
• Manchu's indigenous to is recorded as Liaoning^[27].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include natural language^[5] and modern language^[6]. Manchu is a type of Jurchenic^[7].

Why It Matters

Manchu ranks in the top 9% of natural_language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,681 views/month).^[2] Manchu has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] Manchu is known by 42 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]