jušen gisun

Jurchen

Tungusic > Southern Tungusic (ancestor of Manchu)

FamilyTungusic > Southern Tungusic (ancestor of Manchu) Speakers歴史言語 / 現代話者なし RegionJin dynasty empire (Northeast China, 1115–1234) RomanizationKane (1989) reconstruction ReadingJurchen native word

Jurchen (jušen gisun) was a Tungusic language spoken by the Jurchen people who founded the Jin dynasty (1115–1234) and later the Later Jin / Qing dynasty. It is documented primarily through the 女真譯語, a Ming-era Bureau of Translators glossary of roughly 900 words with Chinese-character phonetic transcriptions, and through the Jurchen large script. Because Jurchen is the direct ancestor of Manchu, many lexical items are shared; the forms below follow Kane's 1989 transliteration where attested, otherwise the Manchu cognate is used only when its Jurchen provenance is secure. A large proportion of the 59 Hanmap characters remain undocumented in surviving glossaries.

Where it is spoken

Han character readings in Jurchen

Character Meaning Reading Form IPA
一 one emu /emu/
二 two juwe /dʑuwe/
三 three ilan /ilan/
四 four duin /duin/
五 five sunja /sundʑa/
六 six ninggun /niŋɡun/
七 seven nadan /nadan/
八 eight jakūn /dʑakɯn/
九 nine uyun /ujun/
十 ten juwan /dʑuwan/
天 sky abka /abka/
地 ground na /na/
日 sun šun /ʃun/
月 moon biya /bija/
山 mountain alin /alin/
海 sea mederi /mederi/
水 water muke /muke/
火 fire tuwa /tuwa/
木 tree moo /moː/
土 soil boihon /boixon/
鐵 iron sele /sələ/
雪 snow imanggi /imaŋɡi/
牛 ox ihan /ixan/
虎 tiger tasha /taʃa/
龍 dragon muduri /muduri/
蛇 snake meihe /meixe/
馬 horse morin /morin/
羊 sheep honin /xonin/
犬 dog indahūn /indaxɯn/
豬 pig ulgiyan /ulɡijan/
鳥 bird gasha /ɡaʃa/
魚 fish nimaha /nimaxa/
頭 head uju /udʑu/
目 eye yasa /jasa/
耳 ear šan /ʃan/
口 mouth angga /aŋɡa/
牙 tooth weihe /weixe/
心 heart niyaman /niaman/
手 hand gala /ɡala/
足 foot bethe /betxe/
血 blood senggi /səŋɡi/
肉 meat yali /jali/
人 person niyalma /njalma/
門 door, gate uce /utɕe/
年 year aniya /anja/
生 live, be born banji- /bandʑi-/
行 go yabu- /jabu-/
来 come ji- /dʑi-/
去 leave gene- /ɡənə-/
走 run suju- /sudʑu-/
坐 sit te- /te-/
立 stand ili- /ili-/
見 see sabu- /sabu-/
聞 hear donji- /dondʑi-/
食 eat je- /dʑe-/
飲 drink omi- /omi-/
黑 black sahaliyan /saxalijan/
紅 red fulgiyan /fulɡijan/
大 big amba /amba/
長 long golmin /ɡolmin/
上 up dele /dələ/
下 down fejile /fəjilə/
左 left hashū /haʃɯ/
右 right ici /itɕi/
中 middle dulin /dulin/
央 center dulimbai /dulimbai/
東 east dergi /dərɡi/
西 west wargi /warɡi/
南 south julergi /dʑulərɡi/
北 north amargi /amarɡi/
我 I, me bi /bi/
你 you ši /ʃi/
有 have; there is bi- /bi-/

Sources

Words compared

Compared with languages in the same classification: Tungusic (Jurchen-Manchu)

Meaning JurchenManchuSibeUdegeNanaiProto-TungusicOroqen
Water muke /muke/ ᠮᡠᡴᡝ /mukə/ ᠮᡠᡣᡝ /mukʰu/ ули /uli/ муэ /mue/ *mū /mū/ muu /muu/
Fire to /to/ ᡨᡠᠸᠠ /tuwa/ ᡨᡠᠸᠠ /tʰuɑ/ то̄ /toː/ тава /tava/ *tawa /tawa/ tɔɣɔ /tɔɣɔ/
Sun še'un /ʃeun/ ᡧᡠᠨ /ʃun/ ᡧᡠᠨ /sun/ сӯ /suː/ сиун /siun/ *sigūn /sigūn/ dɪlatʃa /dɪlatʃa/
Moon bia /bia/ ᠪᡳᠶᠠ /bija/ ᠪᡳᠶᠠ /biɑ/ биа /bia/ биа /bia/ *bēga /bēga/ bɛga /bɛɡa/
Star ušiha /uʃixa/ ᡠᠰᡳᡥᠠ /usiˈχa/ ᡠᠰᡳᡥᠠ /usxɑ/ ваикта /ˈwaikta/ хосикта /xosikta/ *xōsikta /xoːsikta/ ɔʃɪkta /ɔʃɪkta/
Night dobori /dobori/ ᡩᠣᠪᠣᡵᡳ /dobori/ ᡩᠣᠪᠣᡵᡳ /dœviri/ догбо /doɡbo/ долбо /dolbo/ *dolbo /dolbo/ dɔlbɔ /dɔlbɔ/
Rain agu /aɡu/ ᠠᡤᠠ /aɡa/ ᠠᡤᠠ /ɑɣɑ/ тигдэ /tiɡde/ тугдэ /tuɡdə/ *tigde /tiɡde/ tigdə /tiɡdə/
Snow imanggi /imaŋɡi/ ᠨᡳᠮᠠᠩᡤᡳ /nimaŋɡi/ ᠨᡳᠮᠠᠩᡤᡳ /nimɑŋ/ има̄ /imaː/ симата /simata/ *imana /imana/ ɪmana /ɪmana/
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Han readings compared

Compared with languages in the same classification: Tungusic > Southern Tungusic (ancestor of Manchu)

Character JurchenManchuSibeProto-TungusicProto-MongolicKhitanProto-Japonic
一 emu /emu/ emu /emu/ emu /əmu/ *əmun /*əmun/ *nigen /*niɡen/ am /am/ *pitə-tu /*pitə-tu/
二 juwe /dʑuwe/ juwe /dʒuwə/ juwe /dʑuwə/ *dʒuər /*dʒuər/ *qoyar /*qojar/ jur /dʒur/ *puta /*puta/
三 ilan /ilan/ ilan /ilan/ ilan /ilan/ *ilan /*ilan/ *gurba(n) /*ɡurban/ hur /hur/ *mi /*mi/
四 duin /duin/ duin /duin/ duin /duin/ *dügin /*dyɡin/ *dörbe(n) /*dœrben/ dur /dur/ *jə /*jə/
五 sunja /sundʑa/ sunja /sundʒa/ sunja /sundʑa/ *tuɲga /*tuɲɡa/ *tabu(n) /*tabun/ tau /tʰau/ *itu /*itu/
六 ninggun /niŋɡun/ ninggun /niŋɡun/ ninggun /niŋɢun/ *ɲuŋun /*ɲuŋun/ *jirguɣa(n) /*dʒirɣuɣan/ nil /nil/ *mu /*mu/
七 nadan /nadan/ nadan /nadan/ nadan /nadan/ *nadan /*nadan/ *doluɣa(n) /*doluɣan/ dolo /dolo/ *nana /*nana/
八 jakūn /dʑakɯn/ jakūn /dʒakʰuːn/ jakūn /dʑakɯn/ *dʒapkun /*dʒapkun/ *nayima(n) /*najiman/ — *ja /*ja/
九 uyun /ujun/ uyun /ujun/ uyun /ujun/ *xəgün /*xəɡyn/ *yersü(n) /*jersyn/ is /is/ *kəkənə /*kəkənə/
十 juwan /dʑuwan/ juwan /dʒuwan/ juwan /dʑuwan/ *dʒuwan /*dʒuwan/ *harba(n) /*harban/ par /par/ *təwə /*təwə/
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