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The Manchus and their language: (Presidential Address)
Journal of the American Oriental Society • 123 (3) • Published In 2003 • Pages: 483-491
By: Norman, Jerry.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this article, the author discusses the origin and possible meanings of the name Manchu (see also document no. 38), the different Manchu dialects, Manchu writing and literature, and Western scholarship that used Manchu sources. The author identifies a small minority group in Western China, the Sibe, whose language is closest to the Manchu dialect spoken in northeastern China before the Qing Dynasty.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- History
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Speech
- Vocabulary
- Linguistic identification
- Writing
- Chief executive
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Manchu
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2012
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- East Asia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Linguist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard; 2012
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1115-2000
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- northeast China
- NotesAdditional notes
- Jerry Norman
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 490-491)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 12032032
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Manchus