Xibe language belongs to Altai-Manchu-Tungusic-Manchu branch. They are mainly distributed in Chabuchar Xibo Autonomous County, Huocheng, Gong Liu, Tacheng and other counties in China, as well as Urumqi and Yining. The user population is about 27,000 (1982). There is no dialect difference. Xibo was originally a dialect of Manchu. /kloc-In the middle of the 8th century, some Xibe people moved from the northeast to Xinjiang and gradually developed into an independent language. At present, Xibe language is still called Manchu dialect abroad.