Oroqen
Oroqen is a Tungusic language spoken in China and Russia, by about 1,200 people. Glottolog rates it moribund.
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Oroqen ( ORR-ə-chen, ORR-oh-; Oroqen Urkun; ɔrɔtʃeen ulguur), also known as Orochon, Oronchon, Olunchun, Elunchun or Ulunchun, is a Northern Tungusic language spoken in the People's Republic of China. Dialects are Gankui and Heilongjiang. Gankui is the standard dialect. It is spoken by the Oroqen people of Inner Mongolia (predominantly the Oroqin Autonomous Banner) and Heilongjiang in Northeast China.
Since the 1980s, Oroqen-language materials were produced by teachers in Oroqen-speaking areas. They based the language's orthography either on IPA or Pinyin. A majority of Oroqen speakers use Chinese as a literary language and some also speak Daur.
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Written down
Beyel bambur zhiyu bishi, zhunyan-du bineken chuanli-du bambur pingdeng bishi. Nugartin lishing bineken liangshin bishi, akin nekun guanshi-ngi chingshen-du-in duidai-meet-ki-tin.
Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR in Unicode).
Words in Oroqen
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| ear | ʃɛ꞉n | |
| tooth | iktə | |
| tongue | iŋi | |
| hand | ŋa꞉la | |
| water | mu꞉ | |
| stone | dʒɔlɔ | |
| mountain | urə | |
| dog | ŋinaɣɪn | |
| cat | kə꞉kə | |
| fish | ɔlɔ | |
| horse | mʊrɪn | |
| five | tʊŋŋa | |
| ten | dʒa꞉n |
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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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