Udegheic languages explained

Udegheic
Also Known As:	Orochic
Region:	Russia
Familycolor:	Altaic
Fam1:	Tungusic
Fam2:	Northern
Child1:	Oroch
Child2:	Udege
Glotto:	cent2235
Glottorefname:	Central-Eastern Tungusic
Map:	Udihe-Oroch-Taz-territorial-groups.png

The Udegheic languages (alternatively known as the Orochic languages) form a small subgroup of Tungusic languages of Far East Russia.^[1]

Languages

Languages and dialects (in italics) are:^[2]

• Udegheic
  • Oroch
    • Koppi
    • Oroch Xadi
    • Tumnin
  • Udege (Udihe)
    • Kur-Urmi
    • Northern (Udihe)
      • Xor
      • Anjuj
      • (Xungari)
    • Southern (Kekar Kyakala)
      • Samarga
      • Iman; Bikin

Notes and References

1. Book: Hölzl, Andreas . Payne . Thomas E. . Tungusic languages: past and present . Berlin . 2022 . 978-3-96110-395-9 . 1356978751.
2. Book: Perekhvalskaya, Elena . From consonant to tone: Laryngealized and pharyngealized vowels in Udihe . Hölzl . Andreas . Payne . Thomas E. . Tungusic languages: past and present . Berlin . 2022 . 978-3-96110-395-9 . 1356978751 . 227–263.