Plans to save ‘critically endangered’ Manchu language are spreading to preserve ethnic culture

The Manchus ruled China for nearly three centuries, but now almost no one is able to speak the Manchu language. The language didn't vanish overnight, but was gradually lost during periods of political and ethnic turmoil during the Qing Dynasty. Most remarkably, it was the 1911 Revolution that put an end to China's last empire, and the Manchu language. Today, plans to save the language are spreading as ethnic consciousness grows among the 10 million people who make up this minority group. CCTV’s Guan Yang has the story.

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