How much decline?

4 Replies to “How much decline?”

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   brucehumes

   December 29, 2013 at 4:03 am

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   It’s disappointing to find such superficial coverage of the current status of spoken Manchu on a site such as this.

   The reporter obviously knows very little about his subject, and doesn’t even tell us some basic facts, e.g., how many living speakers there are, etc.

   If you want to encourage intelligent discussion, then I recommend linking to more informative articles in English, or even summarizing ones that occasionally appear in the Chinese press. I do so on my blog, Altaic Storytelling, under “Manchu”.

   Bruce Humes
   Istanbul, Turkey

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   webeditor

   January 7, 2014 at 10:38 pm

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   Hi Bruce,
   Thank you for your comment. Those were precisely our thoughts when we first read this article. The purpose of the news section is to highlight any recent articles calling attention to Manchu. We prefer to leave it up to our readers to decide if any of it is valuable. The article has a few factual errors on top of the less than wonderful reporting.

   Also, please feel free to contact us with any ideas of items that you would like to re-post from your blog!

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   xumushi

   January 10, 2014 at 5:56 am

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   Thank you.

   Pls advise: How can I contact you about re-posts from my blog, or just to let you know about a new Manchu-related news item?

   Perhaps you can send me a contact e-mail to me at [email protected]

   Thanks

   Bruce

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   xumushi

   January 12, 2014 at 7:40 am

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   Jan 12 update

   Manchu Studies Group visitors might be interested to learn about Xibe authors in Xinjiang who can still read and write in Xibe, a living tongue closely related to Manchu:

   http://www.bruce-humes.com/?p=10386