Ulch language

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Ulch
Spoken in: Russia 
Region: Russian Far East
Total speakers: Unknown
Language family: Altaic[1] (controversial)
 Tungusic
  Southeastern
   Ulch
Language codes
ISO 639-1: none
ISO 639-2:
ISO 639-3: ulc

The Ulch language, or Olcha, is a language spoken by the Ulch people in Siberia. The language has about 500 to 1,000 speakers.

Its ISO 639-3 code is ulc.

[edit] Alphabet

А а (ā) Б б В в Г г Д д Д’ д’ Е е
(ē) Ё ё (ё̄) Ж ж З з И и (ӣ) Й й
К к Л л М м Н н Н’ н’ 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 given the letters, officially not included in the alphabet, but used in writing.

[edit] Sources

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Tungusic languages
Northern
Even | Evenki | Manegir | Negidal | Oroqen | Solon
Southern
Southeastern: Akani | Birar | Kile | Nanai | Oroch
Orok | Samagir | Udege | Ulch
Southwestern: Jurchen | Manchu | Xibe


[edit] References

  1. ^ Gordon, 2005 (Altaic)