Oroqen language

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Oroqen
Spoken in China
Region Inner Mongolia and Heilongjiang
Total speakers 1,200
Language family Altaic[1] (controversial)
Language codes
ISO 639-1 None
ISO 639-2 tut
ISO 639-3 orh

Oroqen (also known as Orochon, Oronchon, Olunchun, Elunchun, Ulunchun) is a Northern Tungusic language spoken in the People's Republic of China. Dialects are Gankui and Heilongjiang. Gankui is the standard dialect. [2] It is spoken by the Oroqen peoples of Inner Mongolia (prodominantly the Oroqin Autonomous Banner) and Heilongjiang in Northeast China.

Currently the Oroqen language is still unwritten; however, the majority of the Oroqen are capable of reading and writing Chinese and some can also speak the Daur language.

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  1. ^ Gordon, 2005 (Altaic)
  2. ^ Raymond G. Gordon, Jr, ed. 2005. Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 15th edition. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics.

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