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Jurchenic languages

Tungusic language subgroup

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 10, 2026
Entity authorityQ105889432 ↗
Source-derived summary

The Jurchenic languages (also known as the Manchuric languages) form a subgroup of Tungusic languages of northeastern China.

Languages

Bala, Alchuka, and Chinese Kyakala are extinct Jurchenic languages that were documented in the 1980s. They preserve many archaic features that are highly crucial for the historical-comparative study of Tungusic languages.

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Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current 50-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Jurchenic, languages and Tungusic can be independently traced.
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Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 10, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q105889432. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference.

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This entry incorporates text from “Jurchenic languages” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.