Turkic  · Tungusic  · Mongolic

This page compares Tungusic languages and their conservation status.

Comparison edit

Merged of Tungusic peoples, Tungusic languages:

Languages[1][2] Peoples
Branch Name Status Total Speak. Scr. Wiki Page count 639-1/3 National-state Ethnonym Pop. Religion
Northern Evenki Severely endangered 15,800 Cyrl inc:evn 26 evn Ewenki Autonomous Banner   China Evenks 69,856 Shamanism, Orthodox, Tibetan Buddhism
Oroqen Severely endangered 1,200 Cyrl inc:orh 0 orh Oroqen Autonomous Banner   China Oroqen people 8,000 Shamanism, Buddhism
Even Severely endangered 5,660 Cyrl inc:eve 2 eve   Russia Evens 22,487 Shamanism, Orthodox
Negidal Critically endangered 74 Cyrl inc:neg 0 neg Negidals 565 Shamanism
Southern Nanai Severely endangered 1,390 Cyrl inc:gld 37 gld Nanai people 18,000 Tibetan Buddhism, Orthodox, Shamanism
Orok Critically endangered 50 Cyrl inc:oaa 57 oaa Orok people 360 Shamanism, Orthodox
Ulch Critically endangered 150 Cyrl inc:ulc 0 ulc Ulch people 2,913 Shamanism, Orthodox
Oroch Critically endangered 8 Cyrl inc:oac 0 oac Oroch people 1,000 Shamanism, Orthodox, Buddhism
Udege Critically endangered 100 Cyrl inc:ude 2 ude Udege people 1,538 Shamanism
Manchu Critically endangered 20 Mong inc:mnc 2,196 mnc Fengning, Kuancheng, Qinglong, Weicheng, Yitong, Benxi, Huanren, Kuandian, Qingyuan, Xinbin and Xiuyan Autonomous Counties   China Manchu people 10,430,000 Manchu shamanism, Buddhism, Chinese folk religion, Catholic
Xibe Severely endangered 30,000 Mong inc:sjo 30 sjo Qapqal Xibe Autonomous County   China Sibe people 172,900 Tibetan Buddhism, Shamanism
Southern Jurchen Extinct 0 Jurc inc:juc 1 juc Spoken by Jurchen people between 12th-16th century.
Tungusic languages 54,000 2,351 tuw Tungusic peoples 10,7M

Tree edit

Tungusic
Central
Central‑Eastern
Central‑Western
Manchu‑Jurchen
Northern

Even (eve)

Northwestern

Conservation status edit

Ethnologue classification edit

Size and Vitality according to Ethnologue 23rd edition:

Size Institutional Stable Endangered Extinct
Large
Mid-sized Evenki, Xibe
Small Oroqen, Even, Negidal, Nanai, Orok, Ulch, Oroch, Udege, Manchu

Glottolog classification edit

AES according to Glottolog:[3]

Status Language
Not endangered
Threatened Xibe
Shifting

Evenki, Nanai

Moribund

Oroqen, Even, Negidal, Oroch

Nearly Extinct

Orok, Ulch, Udege, Manchu

Extinct Jurchen

Map edit

 
Tungusic languages

Wikidata edit

Name Speakers UNESCO status Ethnologue status Country
Evenki 15,800 7 Shifting Russia, People's Republic of China
Oroqen 1,200 8a Moribund People's Republic of China
Even 5,660 7 Shifting Russia
Negidal 74 5 critically endangered 8a Moribund Russia
Nanai 1,390 4 severely endangered 8a Moribund Russia
Orok 47 5 critically endangered 8a Moribund Russia
Ulch 154 5 critically endangered 8a Moribund Russia
Oroch 0 5 critically endangered 8b Nearly Extinct Russia
Udege 103 5 critically endangered 8a Moribund Russia
Manchu 20 8b Nearly Extinct People's Republic of China
Xibe 30,000 4 severely endangered 6b Threatened People's Republic of China, Russia

Samples edit

Name UDHR
Even Cyrl
Evenki Cyrl
Jurchen
Manchu
Nanai Cyrl
Negidal
Oroch
Orok
Oroqen Latn
Udege
Ulch
Xibe
  1. ^ Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2020). Ethnologue: Languages of the World (23rd ed.). Dallas, Texas: SIL International.
  2. ^ For test wikis, as of 14 January 2021.
  3. ^ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.