Alchuka language

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.

Documentation
Alchuka has been documented in the 1980s by Mu Yejun (穆晔骏), in Mu (1981: 72; 1985; 1986a; 1986b; 1987; 1988 ). At the time, only very few elderly speakers were left.

Alchuka has also been discussed in Ikegami (1994, 1999: 321–343 ) and Hölzl (2017, 2020 ).