Alchuka language explained

Alchuka
Region:	Heilongjiang Province, northeastern China
Ethnicity:	Alchuka
Familycolor:	Altaic
Fam1:	Tungusic
Fam2:	Southern
Fam3:	Jurchenic
Script:	None
Glotto:	alec1238
Glottorefname:	Alechuxa
Nativename:	aʃïxa ash(u)ha
Extinct:	1980s

Alchuka (; Manchu: Alcuka, Alcuha) is an extinct Tungusic language that was spoken near Harbin in Heilongjiang Province, northeastern China.

A detailed overview of Alchuka can be found in Hölzl (2020).

Name

Alchuka is the historical name of a town, now called Acheng District.

Classification

Alchuka belongs to the Jurchenic subgroup of Tungusic. Other Jurchenic languages include Written Manchu, Bala, and Chinese Kyakala.^[1]

Documentation

Alchuka has been documented in the 1980s by Mu Yejun (穆晔骏), in Mu (1981: 72;^[2] 1985;^[3] 1986a;^[4] 1986b;^[5] 1987;^[6] 1988^[7]). At the time, only very few elderly speakers were left.

Alchuka has also been discussed in Ikegami (1994,^[8] 1999: 321–343^[9]) and Hölzl (2017,^[10] 2020^[11]).

Notes and References

1. Book: Hölzl, Andreas . Payne . Thomas E. . Tungusic languages: past and present . Language Science Press . Berlin . 2022 . 978-3-96110-395-9 . 1356978751.
2. Mu, Yejun 穆晔骏. 1981. Jichu manyu gailun 基础满语概论. Songhuajiang diqu wenwu guanlizhan.
3. Mu, Yejun 穆晔骏. 1985. Alechuka manyu yuyin jianlun 阿勒楚喀满语语音简论. Manyu yanjiu 满语研究 1985(1). 5–15.
4. Mu, Yejun 穆晔骏. 1986a. Alechuka manyu de shuci yu gezhuci 阿勒楚喀满语的数词与格助词. Manyu yanjiu 满语研究 1986(1). 2–17.
5. Mu, Yejun 穆晔骏. 1986b. Lalin manyu yuyin gailun 拉林满语语音概论. Manyu yanjiu 满语研究 1986(2). 2–30.
6. Mu, Yejun 穆晔骏. 1987. Balayu 巴拉语. Manyu yanjiu 满语研究 1987(2). 2–31, 128.
7. Mu, Yejun 穆晔骏. 1988. Alechukayu yuanyin fasheng de yinbian tedian 阿勒楚喀语元音发声的音变特点. Manyu yanjiu 满语研究 7. 1–24.
8. Ikegami, Jirō 池上二良. 1994. Guanyu alechuka manyu de diaocha yanjiu 关于阿勒楚喀满语的调查研究. Manxue yanjiu 满学研究 2. 402–404.
9. Ikegami, Jirō 池上二良. 1999. Manshūgo kenkyū 満洲語研究. Tōkyō: Kyūko Shoin.
10. Hölzl, Andreas. 2017. New evidence on Para-Mongolic numerals. Journal de la Société Finno-Ougrienne 96. 21–37.
11. Hölzl . Andreas . 2020-01-01 . Language obsolescence in retrospect: The case of Alchuka .