Xibenisch
| Xibenisch | ||
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Spoken in |
People's Republic of China | |
| speaker | 30,000 (2000) | |
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sjo |
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Xibenisch (ᠰᡞᠪᡝ
ᡤᡞᠰᡠᠨ, sibe gisun ) is a Tungusic language that is still spoken by around 30,000 Xibe (as of 2000) in the People's Republic of China . It is therefore considered an endangered language.
It is very similar to the Manchurian language and the languages are mutually understandable to a certain extent. Xibe is written in the Xiban script, which differs only marginally from the Manchurian script . Xibe is taught as a subject in some elementary schools in northern Xinjiang . In addition, the Xibian newspaper Qapqal Serkin has existed since 1946 (ᠴᠠᠪᠴᠠᠯ
ᠰᡝᠷᡣᡞᠨ). There are also some daily radio broadcasts and occasional television programs.
The word order is basically subject-object-verb .
distribution
The language is spoken in Xinjiang in Tokkuztara , Huocheng , Nilka , Qapqal , Tekes , Künes and Mongolküre counties , Bortala , Tacheng and Ili counties , and Ürümqi and Yining cities .
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From 1957 to 1958, the Cyrillic script was used experimentally . The Latin script was used from 1939 to 1941 , but the Internet has made it popular, especially among young people. Officially, however, is the Xibenische script, a version of the Manchurian script . These differ only slightly: For example, the Manchurian script has 13 characters that do not appear in the Xibenik script, but the Xibenik script has three characters that are not available in the Manchurian script.