It came to my attention recently just how dire the situation was for Manchu and languages in its family tree. I was reading something about Emperor Kangxi and went down a rabbit hole. I’ve ended up here, looking for any further details on the language. Thank you, this was interesting. I wonder how difficult it would be to learn? As In, availability of resources and so on. What textbooks would you personally recommend. I doubt I will be able to make it anywhere close to fluency, however I want to make an attempt. I want to also say, seeing people so passionate for critically endangered languages like this warms my heart. Lovely stuff
Thanks for offering your analysis of a Manchu text. I have often wondered what translation in a grad level program might look like as I have also pondered pursuing grad studies in some areas of East Asian Studies. If you said 1855 in this video, that would be the time of the Taiping Rebellion. I found this video to be very refreshing compared to the standard UA-cam fare.
Thank you very much Chris! I am still very new to Manchu language and it was actually an opportunity at University of Toronto that I did not plan when I applied for grad school here :)
@@chrisbunka Thank you so much! if I do not end up pursuing a PhD degree, I hope I can still learn and research as a scholar. And your comment made me think that I should continue researching and sharing about whatever I research into even if I am no longer doing it for school.
@@traceylan That’s the beauty of this day and age: you can share your interest on social media and find some niche audience who will follow. Your presentation style definitely captivated me. The thumbnail definitely grabbed my attention. If other channels devoted to the Roman Empire and WWII can thrive, I see no reason why yours can’t eventually thrive. I’m very happy that the UA-cam algorithm recommended your video to me. Until I came across it, I thought no one in North America cared about the Manchus. Being able to connect your video to what I had learned about the Qing Dynasty and Nuerhaci made spending time on this particular video satisfying.
its not convenient as a chinese speaker. the 2 languages are very different. somebody told me that manchu grammar is more similar to korean if you have that knowledge it will help
It came to my attention recently just how dire the situation was for Manchu and languages in its family tree. I was reading something about Emperor Kangxi and went down a rabbit hole. I’ve ended up here, looking for any further details on the language. Thank you, this was interesting. I wonder how difficult it would be to learn? As In, availability of resources and so on. What textbooks would you personally recommend. I doubt I will be able to make it anywhere close to fluency, however I want to make an attempt. I want to also say, seeing people so passionate for critically endangered languages like this warms my heart. Lovely stuff
Thanks for offering your analysis of a Manchu text. I have often wondered what translation in a grad level program might look like as I have also pondered pursuing grad studies in some areas of East Asian Studies. If you said 1855 in this video, that would be the time of the Taiping Rebellion. I found this video to be very refreshing compared to the standard UA-cam fare.
Thank you very much Chris! I am still very new to Manchu language and it was actually an opportunity at University of Toronto that I did not plan when I applied for grad school here :)
@@traceylan I hope your work continues to touch and inspire people. Perhaps some people will watch your videos and pursue interests dear to them.
@@chrisbunka Thank you so much! if I do not end up pursuing a PhD degree, I hope I can still learn and research as a scholar. And your comment made me think that I should continue researching and sharing about whatever I research into even if I am no longer doing it for school.
@@traceylan That’s the beauty of this day and age: you can share your interest on social media and find some niche audience who will follow. Your presentation style definitely captivated me. The thumbnail definitely grabbed my attention. If other channels devoted to the Roman Empire and WWII can thrive, I see no reason why yours can’t eventually thrive. I’m very happy that the UA-cam algorithm recommended your video to me. Until I came across it, I thought no one in North America cared about the Manchus. Being able to connect your video to what I had learned about the Qing Dynasty and Nuerhaci made spending time on this particular video satisfying.
i am wondering how convenient it will be to learn mancu as a chinese speaker
its not convenient as a chinese speaker. the 2 languages are very different. somebody told me that manchu grammar is more similar to korean if you have that knowledge it will help
@@traceylan is Xibe similar to Manchurian ?
@@BigJoe-g3o The Xibe language could be considered as a dialect branch of Manchu language.
@@ptr6239 thanks