Xibe

Also known as Sibo language, Sibe language, Xibo language, Xibe language, sjo, Sibe, Sibo

Tungusic language spoken by members of the Xibe ethnic group in Xinjiang, China

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Pronunciation: [ ɕivə kisun ]
Native to: China
Region: Xinjiang
Ethnicity: 189,000 Sibe people (2000)
Native speakers: (30,000 cited 2000)
Language family: Tungusic Southern Jurchenic Manchu –Xibe Xibe
Writing system: Sibe alphabet (variant of the Manchu alphabet )
Iso 639 3: sjo
Glottolog: xibe1242
Elp: Xibe

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number of speakers, writers, or signers: 30000
exact match: publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/SJO
native label: ᠰᡞᠪᡝ ᡤᡞᠰᡠᠨ

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The Xibe language (Xibe: ᠰᡞᠪᡝ ᡤᡞᠰᡠᠨ, romanized: sibe gisun, also Sibo, Sibe) is a Tungusic language spoken by members of the Sibe minority of Xinjiang, in Northwest China. With over 30 thousand speakers, it is the most widely spoken Tungusic language, accounting for over half of all speakers of Tungusic languages.

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