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
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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

• Ethnologue: Ulch
• SIL International: Ulch
• Endangered Languages of Indigenous Peoples of Siberia

v • d • e Altaic languages Turkic · Mongolic · Tungusic · Korean1 · Japonic1 1 Not always recognized as Altaic languages. See also Buyeo languages.

v • d • e Tungusic languages Northern Even · Evenki · Manegir · Negidal · Oroqen · Solon Southern Southeastern Akani · Birar · Kile · Nanai · Oroch · Orok · Samagir · Udege · Ulch Southwestern Jurchen · Manchu · Xibe

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