Chinese minority languages among those at risk of dying out, with no one left to speak them, study finds

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Ji Jinlu, 66, one of the last native Manchu speakers, who has lived in Sanjiazi village, Fuyu county, Heilongjiang, in northeast China all his life. He has hardly anyone to speak Manchu with as his children and grandchildren cannot speak the language. Some 25 languages spoken in China are considered critically endangered. Photo: SCMP Ji Jinlu, 66, one of the last native Manchu speakers, who has lived in Sanjiazi village, Fuyu county, Heilongjiang, in northeast China all his life. He has hardly anyone to speak Manchu with as his children and grandchildren cannot speak the language. Some 25 languages spoken in China are considered critically endangered. Photo: SCMP

Ji Jinlu, 66, one of the last native Manchu speakers, who has lived in Sanjiazi village, Fuyu county, Heilongjiang, in northeast China all his life. He has hardly anyone to speak Manchu with as his children and grandchildren cannot speak the language. Some 25 languages spoken in China are considered critically endangered. Photo: SCMP