This film is directed by Evan Luchkow, a Canadian who ties the 300-years history and culture of the Manchus people with today’s northeast China. Much of northeast China has transformed into an industrial zone, but in some remote villages, the ancient Manchus culture continues to thrive. In a documentary format, Luchkow travels through Changchun, Jilin Province and later to a small remote village on the Songhua River. He interviewed an elderly man who trained eagles and another elderly woman who’s a teacher and hobbyist of Manchu paper-cutting. The film is most effective, when the narrator stays silent and allows the people interviewed to talk and tell the tale of their lives. Subscribe to CCTV on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/CCTVcomInternational CCTV: https://goo.gl/gYT8W8 CCTV中文国际: http://goo.gl/HcZaeZ Follow us on: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cctvcom Twitter: https://twitter.com/cctv Instagram: http://instagram.com/cctv

Welcome to my channel! This is Andy from I love languages. Let's learn different languages/dialects together. I created this for educational purposes to spread awareness that we are diverse as a planet. Please feel free to subscribe to see more of this. I hope you have a great day! Stay happy! Please support me on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/user?u=16809442. If you are interested to see your native language/dialect to be featured here. Submit your recordings to crystalsky0124@gmail.com. Looking forward to hearing from you! Manchu (ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠ ᡤᡳᠰᡠᠨ) manju gisun Native to: China Region: Manchuria Ethnicity: 10.7 million Manchus Native speakers: 20 (2007) Thousands of second language speakers Language family: Tungusic is a critically endangered Tungusic language spoken in Manchuria. As the traditional native language of the Manchus, it was one of the official languages of the Qing dynasty (1636–1911) of China and in Inner Asia, though today the vast majority of Manchus now speak only Mandarin Chinese. According to data from UNESCO, there are 19 native speakers[citation needed] of Manchu out of a total of nearly 10 million ethnic Manchus. Now, several thousand can speak Manchu as a second language through governmental primary education or free classes for adults in classrooms or online. The Manchu language enjoys high historical value for historians of China, especially for the Qing dynasty. Manchu language texts supply information that is unavailable in Chinese and when both Manchu and Chinese versions of a given text exist they provide controls for understanding the Chinese. Like most Siberian languages, Manchu is an agglutinative language that demonstrates limited vowel harmony. It has been demonstrated that it is derived mainly from the Jurchen language though there are many loan words from Mongolian and Chinese. Its script is vertically written and taken from the Mongolian script (which in turn derives from Aramaic via Uyghur and Sogdian). Although Manchu does not have the kind of grammatical gender found in European languages, some gendered words in Manchu are distinguished by different stem vowels (vowel inflection), as in ama, "father" VS eme, "mother". LINKS: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchu_language https://www.ethnologue.com/language/mnc http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/满文 http://book.manchu.work/ Music: https://youtu.be/DlETvAfOMbk

The villagers of Sanjiazi in northeastern China’s Heilongjiang province hope the Manchu language can be preserved through their combined efforts. Read more: http://ow.ly/li5h30caXVh Subscribe Now: http://ow.ly/ieCq50vp42A --- Subscribe to Sixth Tone on YouTube to stay updated on our weekly releases: http://ow.ly/ieCq50vp42A Daily reports, features, and more: http://www.sixthtone.com/ Like Sixth Tone on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sixthtone/ Follow Sixth Tone on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SixthTone Check out our Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/sixthtone/

Manchu website(www.manchus.cn)Publishing and distribution:Professor Yongshantai speak the language of the Manchu

In April 2012, I traveled throughout northeastern China to report on the Manchu language. Formerly an official state language during the Qing Dynasty, China's last dynasty, Manchu now is on the verge of extinction. There are more than 10 million ethnic Manchus in China, yet fewer than 20 native speakers remain. This short documentary introduces Manchu to those who have little knowledge of the language, and examines the reasons behind the decline of Manchu, the language and the traditions preserved by these last native speakers, and the grassroots efforts to revitalize the language. There is also a series of videos on Manchu songs and folklore. They are available at the following locations: http://youtu.be/NYiHz2-vo8Q http://youtu.be/KcIdoutlGDc http://youtu.be/V5QTiyEtwug http://youtu.be/Hl3QJz7wkuI This project was funded by an Eric Lund Global Reporting and Research Grant from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. For more information, go to rowenali.com