Oroch language

The Oroch language is an endangered language spoken by the Oroch people in Siberia. It is a member of the southern group of the Tungusic languages and is closely related to the Nanai language and Udege language. It is spoken in the Khabarovsk Krai (Komsomolsky, Sovetskaya Gavan, and Ulchsky districts). The language is split into three dialects: Tumninsky, Khadinsky, and Hungarisky. At the beginning of the 21st century, a written form of the language was created.

Oroch
Орочи кэсэни
Native toRussia
RegionRussian Far East
Ethnicity600 Orochs (2010 census)[1]
Native speakers
8 (2010 census)[1]
Tungusic
  • Udegheic
    • Oroch Group
      • Oroch
Cyrillic
Language codes
ISO 639-3oac
Glottologoroc1248
ELPOroch

Orthography

А а Б б В в Г г Д д Е е Ё ё Ж ж
З з И и Й й К к Л л М м Н н Ӈ ӈ
О о П п Р р С с Т т У у Ф ф Х х
Ц ц Ч ч Ш ш Щ щ Ъ ъ Ы ы Ь ь Э э
Ю ю Я я

Phonology

Vowels[2]
FrontCentralBack
Close i iːu uː
ʊ ʊː
Mid ə əː ɔ ɔː
Open æː a aː
Consonants[3]
Bilabial Alveolar Palatal Velar
Nasal m n ɲ ŋ
Plosive voiceless p t k
voiced b d dʒ~ʒ ɡ
Fricative voiceless s x
voiced v ɣ
Rhotic r
Lateral l
Approximant j

References

  1. Oroch at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Avrorin & Boldyrev (2001)
  3. Avrorin (2001)

Bibliography

  • Abramova, G. S. (2002). Illustrated Dictionary of the Oroch Language (in Russian). Saint Petersburg: Drofa.
  • Avrorin, V. A. (В. А. Авронин); Boldyrev, B. V. (Б. В. Болдырев) (2001). Grammatika orochskogo yazyka Грамматика орочского языка [An Oroch grammar] (in Russian). Novosibirsk: SO RAN. ISBN 5-7692-0396-X.
  • Альбина Гирфанова (1994). "Орочский язык". Контактологический энциклопедический словарь-справочник: Северный регион. Языки народов Севера, Сибири и Дальнего Востока в контактах с русским языком. М. (1). (in Russian)


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