Xibe language
The Sibe language (Xibe: ᠰᡳᠪᡝ ᡤᡳᠰᡠᠨ, romanized: sibe gisun, also Sibo, Xibe) is a Tungusic language spoken by members of the Sibe minority of Xinjiang, in Northwest China.
| Sibe | |
|---|---|
| Xibe | |
| ᠰᡳᠪᡝ ᡤᡳᠰᡠᠨ sibe gisun | |
| Pronunciation | [ɕivə kisun] |
| Native to | China |
| Region | Xinjiang |
| Ethnicity | 189,000 Sibe people (2000) |
Native speakers | 30,000 (2000) |
| Sibe alphabet (variant of the Manchu alphabet) | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | sjo |
| Glottolog | xibe1242 |
| ELP | Xibe |
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