Juchen language

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Juchen language

language

Also known as: Jurchen language

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Manchu-Tungus languages
Linguistic history
…of the Manchu-Tungus family is Juchen (Jurchen), which was spoken by the founders of the Jin dynasty (1115–1234) in northern China. Almost nothing is known about this now-extinct language because few examples of written Juchen remain, these being inscriptions on stelae found in Manchuria and Korea. Juchen script was borrowed…
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…of the Manchu-Tungus family is Juchen (Jurchen), which was spoken by the founders of the Jin dynasty (1115–1234) in northern China. Almost nothing is known about this now-extinct language because few examples of written Juchen remain, these being inscriptions on stelae found in Manchuria and Korea. Juchen script was borrowed…
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