Tungus man in 1914 in Vorogovo, Siberia.

The term Tungusic peoples is used to describe peoples speaking a Tungusic language.

Peoples

Tungusic peoples are:

• Evenks
• Evens
• Jurchens (Extinct)
• Manchu
• Negidals
• Nanai
• Oroch
• Orok
• Oroqen
• Udege
• Ulchs
• Xibe

Location

The largest of the Tungusic peoples are the Manchu who are around 10,000,000 in number. They are originally from Northeast China (Manchuria), but since they conquered China in the 1600s, and especially during the 1900s, they have almost totally been assimilated into the main Han Chinese population of China, though are often still living in northern China. Evenks live in the Evenk Autonomous Okrug of Russia.

Gallery of Tungusic people and history

Manchurian royal costumes	A Manchurian guard	An Evenk home	Nanai children dancing
An Udege family	Xibe military colonists

References

• Mile Nedeljković, Leksikon naroda sveta, Beograd, 2001.

External links

Manchu Tungusic people of China

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