However, Yan is not a member of the Manchu ethnic group and knew little about the language before she saw an advertisement for a Manchu language course in a local newspaper in September 2013.

Some tongues are on the verge of extinction, such as the Manchu language, which is used by less than 100 people even though the Manchu ethnic group has a population of 10 million.

It may not be known to many, however, that the ruling class of several dynasties were ethnic minorities. The Qing dynasty, the last imperial dynasty of China, was ruled by the Manchu.

Many minority ethnic groups live in northeast China, including the Manchu, Mongol, Oroqen, Daur, Hezhen and Xibe. During the reign of Qing Dynasty Emperor Tongzhi, some Koreans were forced to ...

Spoken by the Manchu, one of China's ethnic minority groups, the language originated from the region between China and the Korean Peninsula. It was one of the official languages of the Manchu-led ...

Hubei is a province where many ethnic groups live in compact communities. It now has 50 ethnic groups, including the Han, Tujia, Miao, Hui, Dong, Manchu, Zhuang and Mongolian. According to the ...

The Manchu language is multisyllabic and lyrical; some linguists believe it to be part of the Altaic language group, which includes Mongolian, Korean and Turkish.

The nation’s 1.3 billion people are overwhelmingly Han Chinese, but roughly 9% of the population are ethnic minorities: Manchus and Mongolians, Uighurs and Tibetans as well as dozens of others.

From Danwei.org: Yan Chongnian (阎崇年), a scholar specializing in Qing history and Manchu culture, was attacked on October 5 when he was in Wuxi to promote his new book, The K ...