Oroch language

Oroch
Oroch
Орочи кэсэни
Native to	Russia
Region	Russian Far East
Ethnicity	527Orochs(2021 census)
Extinct	2008; 119 (2021 census)
Language family	Tungusic Northern Udegheic Oroch; ; ;
Writing system	Cyrillic
Language codes
ISO 639-3	oac
Glottolog	oroc1248
ELP	Oroch
	Oroch
	Oroch is classified as Critically Endangered by theUNESCOAtlas of the World's Languages in Danger

TheOroch languageis a nearly^{[citation needed]}extinct language spoken by theOroch peopleinSiberia.It is a member of the southern group of theTungusic languagesand is closely related to theNanai languageandUdege language.It was spoken in theKhabarovsk Krai(Komsomolsky,Sovetskaya Gavan,andUlchskydistricts). 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. The Russian government and the scientific field disagree on whether the language is living or extinct.^[2]^[4]

Oroch belongs to the northern subgroup of theTungusic languages,alongsideUdege,its closest relative, and theEwenic languages.

It is believed that the Oroch language is the closest to Nanai, because a significant group of Nanai (Evenki) origin (Samagirs) joined the Orochs. Until the beginning of the 20th century, some researchers combined the Orochi with the Udege, considering them as close dialects. In the 1930s it was believed that the Udege language could be considered as a single standard language for both ethnic groups.

Genealogical and areal characteristics

According to the 2002 Census, there were 257 speakers of the Oroch language; however, this is known to be erroneous due to confusion with the similarly-namedOrok language.According to the2010 Census,there were eight speakers. However, according to researchers, by the late 1990s, even the oldest Orochi could only utter a few phrases. The Association of Indigenous Peoples of the Khabarovsk Krai stated that the last fluent speaker of the Oroch language died in 2008. In 2010, this association held a meeting of elderly Orochi, who together were able to remember only about 20 Oroch words, and could not count to ten.^[2]

Dialects

The Oroch dialects are (Perekhvalskaya 2022:234):^[5]

Koppi
Oroch Xadi
Tumnin

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	Ӈӈ
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

Consonants

Oroch consonants^[6]
		Bilabial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar
Nasal		m	n	ɲ	ŋ
Plosive	voiceless	p	t	tʃ	k
Plosive	voiced	b	d	dʒ~ʒ	ɡ
Fricative	voiceless		s		x
Fricative	voiced	v			ɣ
Rhotic			r
Lateral			l
Approximant				j

Vowels

Oroch vowels^[7]
	Front	Central	Back
Close	iiː		uuː ʊʊː
Mid		əəː	ɔɔː
Open	æː	aaː

Oroch has a system of vowel harmony based on the presence or absence ofretracted tongue root(RTR).^[8]


Neutral	[–RTR]	[+RTR]
iiː	uuː	ʊʊː ɔɔː
æː	əəː	aaː

References

^^a ^bLewis, M. Paul; Gary F. Simons; Charles D. Fennig, eds. (2015).Ethnologue: Languages of the World(18th ed.). Dallas, Texas: SIL International.
^^a ^b ^cЕ. В. Перехвальская (2016).Язык и общество. Энциклопедия[Language and society. Encyclopedia // Oroch language](PDF)(in Russian). Moscow: Азбуковник. pp. 339–342/872.ISBN 978-5-91172-129-9.
^Том 5. «Национальный состав и владение языками». Таблица 7. Население наиболее многочисленных национальностей по родному языку
^Tolskaya, Inna (January 2014). "Oroch Vowel Harmony".Lingua.138:128–151.doi:10.1016/j.lingua.2013.10.012.Oroch, a recently extinct Manchu-Tungusic language
^Perekhvalskaya, Elena (2022). "From consonant to tone: Laryngealized and pharyngealized vowels in Udihe". In Hölzl, Andreas; Payne, Thomas E. (eds.).Tungusic languages: past and present.Berlin: Language Science Press. pp. 227–263.ISBN 978-3-96110-395-9.OCLC 1356978751.
^Avrorin (2001)
^Avrorin & Boldyrev (2001)
^Tolskaya, Inna (2014). "Oroch Vowel Harmony".Lingua.138:128–151.doi:10.1016/j.lingua.2013.10.012.

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 yazykaГрамматика 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)

External links

Unesco – Oroch language(In Russian)

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[e18-1] Lewis, M. Paul; Gary F. Simons; Charles D. Fennig, eds. (2015).Ethnologue: Languages of the World(18th ed.). Dallas, Texas: SIL International.

[яио-2] Е. В. Перехвальская (2016).Язык и общество. Энциклопедия[Language and society. Encyclopedia // Oroch language](PDF)(in Russian). Moscow: Азбуковник. pp. 339–342/872.ISBN 978-5-91172-129-9.

[2020_census-3] Том 5. «Национальный состав и владение языками». Таблица 7. Население наиболее многочисленных национальностей по родному языку

[4] Tolskaya, Inna (January 2014). "Oroch Vowel Harmony".Lingua.138:128–151.doi:10.1016/j.lingua.2013.10.012.Oroch, a recently extinct Manchu-Tungusic language

[Perekhvalskaya2022-5] Perekhvalskaya, Elena (2022). "From consonant to tone: Laryngealized and pharyngealized vowels in Udihe". In Hölzl, Andreas; Payne, Thomas E. (eds.).Tungusic languages: past and present.Berlin: Language Science Press. pp. 227–263.ISBN 978-3-96110-395-9.OCLC 1356978751.

[6] Avrorin (2001)

[7] Avrorin & Boldyrev (2001)

[tolskaya-8] Tolskaya, Inna (2014). "Oroch Vowel Harmony".Lingua.138:128–151.doi:10.1016/j.lingua.2013.10.012.

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