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The Xibe language (also Sibo language, Xibo language) is the most widely spoken of the Tungusic languages spoken by members of the Xibe ethnic group in Xinjiang, in the northwest of the People's Republic of China.
[edit] Phonology
Xibe is intercomprehensible with the closely-related Manchu language;[3] however, unlike Manchu, Xibe language is reported to have eight vowel distinctions as opposed to the six found in Manchu, differences in morphology, and a more complex system of vowel harmony.[4]
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The general vocabulary and structure of Xibe has not been affected as much by Chinese as Manchu has. However, there are a number of Chinese loanwords, and a large body of sociological terminology, such as gəming (revolution) and gungshə (commune), have been borrowed from Chinese and incorporated into the everyday vocabulary of the language.[5] There has also been some influence from Russian.[6] The language uses the Xibe script, a slightly revised version of the Manchu script.[7]
Xibe is taught as a second language by the Ili Normal University in the Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture of northern Xinjiang; they established an undergraduate major in the language in 2005.[8] In the Qapqal Xibe Autonomous County, there is one newspaper in Xibe, the Qapqal News, as well as 15 minutes per day of radio broadcasting and 15 to 30-minute television programmes broadcast one or twice per month.[9]
- ^ Li 1986, p. 1
- ^ Gordon 2005, Altaic
- ^ Gordon 2005, Xibe
- ^ Ramsey 1989, p. 215
- ^ Ramsey 1989, p. 216
- ^ Guo 2007
- ^ Ramsey 1989, p. 215
- ^ 佟志红/Tong Zhihong (2007-06-06), "《察布查尔报》——锡伯人纸上的精神家园/'Qapqal News'—A 'Spiritual Homestead' on Paper for the Xibe People", 伊犁晚报/Yili Evening News, http://www.tianshannet.com/news/content/2007-06/06/content_1961623.htm, retrieved on 2009-04-13
- ^ Zhang 2007
[edit] References
- Li, Shulan (1986), 锡伯语简志/Outline of the Xibo language, Beijing: Nationalities Publishing House
- Ramsey, S. Robert (1989), The Languages of China, Princeton University Press
- Gordon, Raymond G., Jr., ed. (2005), Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Dallas, Texas: SIL International, http://www.ethnologue.com/, retrieved on 2006-12-19
- 张莉/Zhang Li (2007), "新疆锡伯族新闻事业发展现状/Xinjiang Xibo Peoples' News Undertaking Present Situation", 伊犁师范学院学报/Journal of Ili Normal University (1), ISSN 1009-1076, http://scholar.ilib.cn/A-QCode~yilsfxyxb200701012.html, retrieved on 2009-04-13
- 郭庆/Guo Qing (2004), "俄罗斯语言文化对新疆锡伯族语言文化的影响/Influence of Russian Language and Culture on the Sibo Language and Culture in Xinjiang", 满语研究/Manchu Studies (2), ISSN 1000-7873, http://www.ilib2.com/A-ISSN~1000-7873(2004)02-0041-05.html, retrieved on 2009-04-20
[edit] Further reading
- Li, Shulan (1984), 锡伯语口语研究/Research into Xibo oral language, Beijing, China: Nationalities Publishing House
- Kida, Akiyoshi (2000), A typological and Comparative study of Altaic languages with emphasis on XIBO Language: The part of XIBO Grammar
- Jin, Ning (1994), Phonological correspondences between literary Manchu and spoken Sibe, University of Washington
- Tong, Zhongming (2005), "俄国著名学者B·B·拉德洛夫用锡伯语复述记录的民间故事/The Folktales Retold and Recorded in Xibo Language by the Famous Russian Scholar B.B. Radloff", Studies of Ethnic Literature (3): 60–63, http://www.wanfangdata.net/qikan/periodical.articles/mzwxyj/mzwx2005/0503/050313.htm
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