Manchu-Tungus Languages*, Table
- Manchu-Tungus Languages*, Table
-
approximate
number of speakers
Juchen (Jurchen; China)
extinct
fewer than 1001
Sibo (Xibe; China)
27,000
Central group
Nanai (Ho-chen; Russia 7,200, China fewer than 100)
7,200
200
fewer than 100
500
Evenk (
Solon; China 17,000, Russia 9,000, Mongolia 2,000)
31,000
7,200
200
Orochon (Oroqen; China)
2,200
Total Manchu-Tungus speakers
68,500**
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*An alternate name or spelling and the geographic location of the language area are given in parentheses. Where available, the figures for languages spoken in Russia are taken from the Russian census of 1989 (
rounded). Most other figures are per B.E. Grimes (
ed.),
Ethnologue (1992).
1Ethnic group is much larger. **Figures do not add up because of rounding.
* * *
Universalium.
2010.
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