Jurchen (Manchurian people)
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Variants
Ju-chen (Manchurian people)
Ju-chen (Tribe)
Juchen (Manchurian people)
Jurched (Manchurian people)
Jurchid (Manchurian people)
Nu-chih (Manchurian people)
Nuchen (Manchurian people)
Nuzhen (Manchurian people)
Ruzhen (Manchurian people)
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Earlier Established Forms
Sources
found: Perkins, D. Encyc. of China, 1999:p. 250 (Jurchen (Jurched, Juchen or Nu-chih) tribe of Tatar people who were nomadic hunters in the forests and plains of northern Manchuria and spoke a Tungusic language. Jurchens founded the Jin dynasty (1115-1234) and were the ancestors of the Manchus who ruled China under the Qing dynasty. )
found: Dillon, M. China: a historical and cultural dict., 1998:p. 261 (Jurchen (Ruzhen): ancestors of Manchus)
found: Olson, J. An ethnohistorical dict. of China, 1998:p. 219 (Jurchen)
found: Ethnologue:v. 1, p. 413 (Jurchen (Nuzhen, Nuchen) extinct language spoken by the Nuzhen people)
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Change Notes
2001-09-12: new
2001-11-08: revised
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