Tungusic languages

The Tungusic languages (also known as Manchu-Tungus, Tungus) are spoken in Eastern Siberia and Manchuria. Some linguists consider them to be part of the Altaic languages but many others do not think so.

Many Tungusic languages are in danger, and the long-term future of the family is uncertain.

Classification
Linguists working on Tungusic have proposed a number of different classifications based on different criteria, including morphological, lexical, and phonological characteristics. 

Northern Tungusic
 Evenki (obsolete: Tungus), spoken by Ewenkis in central Siberia and northeastern China and
 Even (Lamut) of eastern Siberia

These languages can be considered dialects or related languages of Evenki:
 Oroqen
 Negidal
 Solon
 Manegir

Southern Tungusic
Southeast Tungusic
 Nanai (Gold, Goldi, Hezhen)
 Akani
 Birar
 Kile
 Samagir
 Orok
 Ulch
 Oroch
 Udege
Southwest Tungusic (or the Jurchen-Manchu group)
 Manchu of Manchuria, the language of the Manchus, who founded the Qing Dynasty of China.  
 Sibe - spoken in Xinjiang autonomous region by descendants of a Manchurian tribe dispatched by the Qing Dynasty to Xinjiang as a military garrison.
Jurchen - an extinct language of the Jin Dynasty of China. 
Jurchen-Manchu (Jurchen and Manchu are simply different stages of the same language).

References

 Ethnologue entry for Tungus languages
Kane, Daniel. The Sino-Jurchen Vocabulary of the Bureau of Interpreters. Indiana University Uralic and Altaic Series, Volume 153. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Research Institute for Inner Asian Studies, 1989.

Other websites
Monumenta Altaica - Altaic Linguistics. Grammars, Texts, Dictionaries, Bibliographies of Mongolian and other Altaic languages 
Tungusic Research Group at Dartmouth College 

Category:Languages of Asia