Ulch language

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).

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Ulch
Нāнʼи хэсэни
Native to	Russia
Region	Khabarovskiy Kray
Ethnicity	2,800 Ulch (2010 census)^[1]
Native speakers	150 (2010 census)^[1]
Language family	Tungusic Southern Nanaic Ulch
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
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	Front	Central	Back
Close	i		u
Mid	ɪ ~ e	ə	ʊ ~ o
Open		a

		Labial	Alveolar	Alveolo- palatal	Velar	Uvular
Nasal		m	n	ɲ	ŋ
Plosive/ Affricate	voiceless	p	t	t͡ɕ	k	(q)
Plosive/ Affricate	voiced	b	d	d͡ʑ	ɡ
Fricative	voiceless	(f)	s		x	(χ)
Fricative	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)

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