Ulch language

Ulch
Spoken in	Russia
Region	Russian Far East
Ethnicity	Ulch people
Native speakers	730 according to some authors,[1] 2,000 according to others[2]  (date missing)
Language family	Tungusic Southern Southeastern Ulch
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ulc

The Ulch language, or Olcha, is a Tungusic language spoken by the Ulch people in Siberia.

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 letters that are used in writing, though not officially included in the alphabet.

References

1. ^ Lewis, 2009 (Ulch)
2. ^ Bitkeeva et al., 2005 (The Ulchi language)

Bibliography

• Lewis, M. Paul (ed.) (2009). Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16^th edition. Dallas, Texas: SIL International. http://www.ethnologue.com/. Retrieved 2009-07-22. 
• Bitkeeva, A.N.; V.Y. Gusev, O.A. Povoroznyuk, D.A. Funk, N.V. Khokhlov, K.G. Shakhovtsov (2005). "Endangered Languages of Indigenous Peoples of Siberia". UNESCO Moscow Office. http://lingsib.unesco.ru/en/index-1.htm. Retrieved 22 July 2009.