摘要
IN a vast area in Northeast Chinaand Northeast Asia live a num-ber of nationalities speaking theManchu-Tungusic language of the Ewenki,Oroqen,Hezhen,Xibe and Manchu inChina and Evenki,Even and Nanai inRussia.In the 16th century these peopledid not have witten languages of theirown.In 1119,the Nuzhen,the forefath-ers of the Manchu,created the grea-ter Nuzhen script:in 1138,the lesserNuzhen script was also created.Thesescripts were created based on Chinesecharacters.
