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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] |
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 | |
The Ulch language, or Olcha, is a Tungusic language spoken by the Ulch people in the Russian Far East. The language is moribund, with only 150 speakers (2010 census).
Front | Central | Back | |
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Close | i | u | |
Mid | ɪ ~ e | ə | ʊ ~ o |
Open | a |
Labial | Alveolar |
Alveolo- palatal |
Velar | Uvular | ||
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Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | ||
Plosive/ Affricate |
voiceless | p | t | t͡ɕ | k | ( q) |
voiced | b | d | d͡ʑ | ɡ | ||
Fricative | voiceless | ( f) | s | x | ( χ) | |
voiced | β | ( ɣ) | ||||
Lateral | l | |||||
Rhotic | r | |||||
Approximant | ( w) | j |
А а | ( а̄) | Б б | В в | Г г | Д д | Дʼ дʼ | Е е |
( е̄) | 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 | ( о̄) |
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.