Manchu-Tungus Languages*, Table
Table
Table 40: Manchu-Tungus Languages*
approximate
number of speakers
Southern (Manchu) group
Juchen (Jurchen; China)
extinct
Manchu (China)
fewer than 1001
Sibo (Xibe; China)
27,000
Central group
Nanai (Ho-chen; Russia 7,200, China fewer than 100)
7,200
Oroch (Russia)
200
Orok (Russia, Japan)
fewer than 100
Udihe (Russia)
500
Northern (Tungus) group
Evenk (Solon; China 17,000, Russia 9,000, Mongolia 2,000)
31,000
Even (Russia)
7,200
Negidal (Russia)
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.
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