Xibe language
| Xibe | |
|---|---|
| Sibe | |
| ᠰᡞᠪᡝ ᡤᡞᠰᡠᠨ sibe gisun | |
| Pronunciation | [ɕivə kisun] |
| Native to | China |
| Region | Xinjiang |
| Ethnicity | 189,000 Sibe people (2000) |
Native speakers | (30,000 cited 2000) |
| Sibe alphabet (variant of the Manchu alphabet) | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | sjo |
| Glottolog | xibe1242 |
| ELP | Xibe |
Xibe is classified as Severely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger. | |
The Xibe language (Xibe: ᠰᡞᠪᡝ ᡤᡞᠰᡠᠨ, romanized: sibe gisun, also Sibo, Sibe) is a Tungusic language spoken by members of the Sibe minority of Xinjiang, in Northwest China. With over 30 thousand speakers, it is the most widely spoken Tungusic language, accounting for over half of all speakers of Tungusic languages.