Alchuka language

Tungusic language From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Alchuka (Chinese: 阿勒楚喀; pinyin: Ālèchǔkā; Manchu: Alcuka, Alcuha), also Alchuka Manchu (Chinese: 阿勒楚喀满语) and the Alchuka dialect of Manchu (Chinese: 满语阿勒楚喀方言) is an extinct Tungusic language that was spoken near Harbin in Heilongjiang Province, northeastern China.

RegionHeilongjiang Province, northeastern China
EthnicityAlchuka
Extinct1980s
Tungusic
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Alchuka
aʃïxa
ash(u)ha
RegionHeilongjiang Province, northeastern China
EthnicityAlchuka
Extinct1980s
Tungusic
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
Glottologalec1238
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A detailed overview of Alchuka can be found in Hölzl (2020).[1]

Name

Alchuka is the historical name of a town, now called Acheng District.[1]

Classification

Alchuka belongs to the Jurchenic subgroup of Tungusic. Other Jurchenic languages include Written Manchu, Bala, and Chinese Kyakala.[2]

Documentation

Alchuka has been documented in the 1980s by Mu Yejun (穆晔骏), in Mu (1981: 72;[3] 1985;[4] 1986a;[5] 1986b;[6] 1987;[7] 1988[8]). At the time, only very few elderly speakers were left.

Alchuka has also been discussed in Ikegami (1994,[9] 1999: 321–343[10]) and Hölzl (2017,[11] 2020[1]).

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