Ulch language
Tungusic language of far eastern Russia
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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).
| Ulch | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Linguasphere | 44-CAA-eea |
 Ulch is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger. | |
Phonology
Vowels
- Vowel length is also distributed.
Consonants
- [f] is a rare sound in native words.
- /β ɡ/ have allophones of [w ɣ].
- /k x/ can become uvularized as [q χ] before vowels /a o/.[2]
