Manchu-Tungus


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Man·chu-Tun·gus

 (măn′cho͞o-to͝ong-go͞oz′, -tŭn-, măn-cho͞o′-)
n.

Man′chu-Tun·gus′ic adj.
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[Comparative Dictionary of the Manchu-Tungus languages.] Leningrad: Nauka.
Rybatzki (Altaic studies, Helsinki University) and Rachewiltz (history, Australian National University at Canberra, emeritus) have produced an impressive introduction to Altaic philology: Chuvash-Turkic, Mongolian and Manchu-Tungus. Each chapter gives the known history of the language with grammatical explanations, tests transliterated into the Roman alphabet and translated into English.
Conference on Manchu-Tungus Studies (Bonn, August 28-September I, 2000), ed.
This is a Manchu-Tungus term, reported by Mircea Eliade, Turchi explains.
Bibliographies of Mongolian, Manchu-Tungus, and Tibetan dictionaries.