The Ulch language, or Olcha, is a Tungusic language spoken by the Ulch people in the Russian Far East.
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Ulch | |
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Нāнʼи хэсэни | |
Native to | Russia |
Region | Khabarovskiy Kray |
Ethnicity | 2,800 Ulch (2010 census)[1] |
Native speakers | 150 (2010 census)[1] |
Language family | Tungusic
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Writing system | Cyrillic |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | ulc |
Glottolog | ulch1241 |
ELP | Ulch |
![]() Ulch is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
This article contains IPA phonetic symbols. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Unicode characters. For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. |
Front | Central | Back | |
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Close | i | u | |
Mid | ɪ ~ e | ə | ʊ ~ o |
Open | a |
Labial | Alveolar | Alveolo- palatal |
Palatal | Velar | Uvular | ||
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Plosive/ Affricate |
voiceless | p | t | t͡ɕ | k | (q) | |
voiced | b | d | d͡ʑ | ɡ | |||
Fricative | voiceless | (f) | s | x | (χ) | ||
voiced | β | (ɣ) | |||||
Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | |||
Lateral | l | ||||||
Rhotic | r | ||||||
Approximant | (w) | j |
А а | (ā) | Б б | В в | Г г | Д д | Дʼ дʼ | Е е |
(ē) | Ё ё | (ё̄) | Ж ж | З з | И и | (ӣ) | Й й |
К к | Л л | М м | Н н | Нʼ нʼ | Ӈ ӈ | О о | (ō) |
П п | Р р | С с | Т т | У у | (ӯ) | Ф ф | Х х |
Ц ц | Ч ч | Ш ш | Щ щ | ъ | Ы ы | ь | Э э |
(э̄) | Ю ю | (ю̄) | Я я | (я̄) |
In brackets are letters that are used in writing, though not officially included in the alphabet.
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Northern (Ewenic) |
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Udegheic | |||||
Southern (Jurchenic-Nanaic) |
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