The Ulch language, or ''Olcha'', is a
Tungusic language spoken by the
Ulch people in the
Russian Far East
The Russian Far East ( rus, Дальний Восток России, p=ˈdalʲnʲɪj vɐˈstok rɐˈsʲiɪ) is a region in North Asia. It is the easternmost part of Russia and the Asia, Asian continent, and is coextensive with the Far Easte ...
. The language is
moribund, with only 150 speakers (2010 census).
Phonology
Vowels
* Vowel length is also distributed.
Consonants
*
is a rare sound in native words.
* /β ɡ/ have allophones of
ɣ
* /k x/ can become uvularized as
χbefore vowels /a o/.
[Sunik, 1985]
Alphabet
In brackets are letters that are used in writing, though not officially included in the alphabet.
References
Bibliography
*
*Sunik, O. P. (1985). Ul'chskij jazyk: issledovanija i materially. Leningrad: Nauka, Leningradskoe Otdelenie. 262pp.
External links
* ELAR archive o
Endangered Tungusic languages of Khabarovskij Kraj (including Ulcha)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ulch Language
Agglutinative languages
Critically endangered languages
Languages of Russia
Tungusic languages
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