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).
Phonology Vowels FrontCentralBackCloseMid ~ ~ Open
Vowel length is also distributed.
Consonants LabialAlveolarAlveolo-palatalVelarUvularNasalPlosive/Affricatevoiceless()voicedFricativevoiceless()()voiced()LateralRhoticApproximant()
[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/.Sunik, 1985
Alphabet А а (а̄) Б б В в Г г Д д Дʼ дʼ Е е (е̄) Ё ё (ё̄) Ж ж З з И и (ӣ) Й й К к Л л М м Н н Нʼ нʼ Ӈ ӈ О о (о̄) 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
Bibliography
Sunik, O. P. (1985). Ul'chskij jazyk: issledovanija i materially. Leningrad: Nauka, Leningradskoe Otdelenie. 262pp.
External links ELAR archive of Endangered Tungusic languages of Khabarovskij Kraj (including Ulcha)