The Udege language (also Udihe language, Udekhe language, Udeghe language) is the language of the Udege people. It is a member of the Tungusic family.
[edit] Vocabulary
Udege contains a variety of loanwords from the closely related Nanai language, which have supplanted some older Udege vocabulary, such as:
- [banixe] (thank you), from Nanai [banixa], instead of Udege [usasa]
- [dœlbo] (work), from Nanai [dœbo], instead of Udege [etete]
- [daŋsa] (book) from Nanai [daŋsa], itself a loanword from Chinese 單子 (Pinyin: dānzi), which actually means "list"
In general, a large degree of mutual assimilation of the two languages has been observed in the Bikin region. Udege has also exerted phonological influence on the Bikin dialect of Nanai, including monopthongisation of diphthongs, denasalisation of nasal vowels, deletion of reduced final vowels, epenthetic vowel preventing consonant final words, and the deletion of intervocalic [w].[1]
[edit] Orthography
1931-1937 alphabet
| A a |
Ā ā |
B в |
Є є |
D d |
Ӡ ӡ |
E e |
Ē ē |
| Æ æ |
F f |
G g |
H h |
I i |
Ī ī |
J j |
K k |
| L l |
M m |
N n |
Ņ ņ |
Ŋ ŋ |
O o |
Ō ō |
Ө ө |
| P p |
R r |
S s |
T t |
U u |
Ū ū |
W w |
X x |
| Y y |
Z z |
’ |
|
|
|
|
|
[edit] Bibliography
- Atknin, V.A.; A. Girfanova (1985), "Отрицательные формы глаголов в удэгэйском языке (в сравнении с другими тунгусо-маньчжурскими языками)/The negative verbal forms in Udihe (in comparison with other Tungus-Manchu languages)", Лингвистические Исследования (1): 11–19
- Lewis, M. Paul, ed. (2009), Ethnologue: Languages of the World (16th ed.), Dallas, Texas: SIL International, http://www.ethnologue.com/, retrieved 2009-07-22
- Nikolaeva, Irina; Tolskaya, Maria (2001), A Grammar of Udihe, Walter de Gruyter, ISBN 9783110169164
