Ulch

Facts

  • Language: Ulch
  • Alternate names: Olcha, Ulcha, ульчский язык, Ulchi, Ulych, Olch, Olchis, Hoche, Hol-Chih, Olča, Нани
  • Language code: ulc
  • Language family: Altaic, Tungusic, Southern, Southeast, Nanaj (SIL classification)
  • Number of speakers: <1,000
  • Vulnerability: Endangered
  • Script:

More information:

    Close contact with Russian (See: [[Russian]]), Ukrainian (See: [[Ukrainian]]), Nanai (See: [[Nanai]]), Nivkh (See: [[Gilyak]]) (Gilyak), Negidal (See: [[Negidal]]), and others.

    The Ulchi language belongs to the southern group of the Manchu-Tungus languages and is so close to the Nanai language that it has been regarded as a Nanai dialect. (The Red Book of the Peoples of the Russian Empire)