Not to be confused with the Orok language

Orok language

Orok is the Russian name for the language known by its speakers as Ulta or Ujlta. Similarly, the people are called Oroks or Ulta. It is counted among the Tungusic languages...

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The Oroch language is spoken by the Oroch people in Siberia

Siberia

Siberia is an extensive region constituting almost all of Northern Asia. Comprising the central and eastern portion of the Russian Federation, it was part of the Soviet Union from its beginning, as its predecessor states, the Tsardom of Russia and the Russian Empire, conquered it during the 16th...

. It is a member of the southern group of the Tungusic languages

Tungusic languages

The Tungusic languages form a language family spoken in Eastern Siberia and Manchuria by Tungusic peoples. Many Tungusic languages are endangered, and the long-term future of the family is uncertain...

 and is closely related to the Nanai language

Nanai language

The Nanai language is spoken by the Nanai people in Siberia, and to a much smaller extent in China's Heilongjiang province, where it is known as Hezhe...

 and Udege language

Udege language

The Udege language is the language of the Udege people. It is a member of the Tungusic family.-Vocabulary:...

. It is spoken in the Khabarovsk Krai

Khabarovsk Krai

Khabarovsk Krai is a federal subject of Russia , located in the Russian Far East. It lies mostly in the basin of the lower Amur River, but also occupies a vast mountainous area along the coastline of the Sea of Okhotsk, an arm of the Pacific Ocean. The administrative center of the krai is the...

 (Komsomolsky, Sovetskaya Gavan and Ulchsky districts). The number of speakers of the Oroch language is 257 people, according to the Russian Census (2002)

Russian Census (2002)

Russian Census of 2002 was the first census of the Russian Federation carried out on October 9 through October 16, 2002. It was carried out by the Russian Federal Service of State Statistics .-Resident population:...

, though this is regarded as an overestimation and the real number probably does not exceed 160 speakers. 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.

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

External links

• Unesco – Oroch language (In Russian)