Editing Manchu language (section)

=== Historical linguistics ===
Manchu is southern [[Tungusic languages|Tungusic]]. Whilst Northern Tungus languages such as [[Evenki language|Evenki]] retain traditional structure, the Chinese language is a source of major influence upon Manchu, altering its form and vocabulary.<ref name="Ramsey1987">{{cite book|author=S. Robert Ramsey|title=The Languages of China|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2E_5nR0SoXoC&pg=PA213|year=1987|publisher=Princeton University Press|isbn=0-691-01468-X|pages=213–}}</ref>

In 1635 [[Hong Taiji]] renamed the [[Jurchen people]] and [[Jurchen language]] as 'Manchu'. The Jurchen are the ancestors of the Manchu and ruled over the later [[Jin dynasty (1115–1234)]].