Tuvan language

Tuvan
Тыва дыл
Tyva dyl
Pronunciation[tʰɤ̀ʋɐ tɤ̀ɫ]
Native toRussia, Mongolia, China
RegionTuva
EthnicityTuvans
Native speakers
130,000 (2021)
Turkic
Cyrillic script
Official status
Official language in
 Russia
Language codes
ISO 639-2tyv
ISO 639-3tyv
Glottologtuvi1240  Tuvinian
todj1234  Todja
ELPTuva
 Tuha[2]
Tuvan is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger
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PeopleTuvan / Tyvans
Тывалар
Тувинцы
LanguageTuvan / Tyvan
Тыва дыл
CountryTuva / Tyva
Тува
Тыва
A Tuvan speaker
Inscription in Kyzyl using Turkic script

Tuvan,[a] sometimes spelt Tyvan,[b] is a Turkic language spoken in the Republic of Tuva in South Central Siberia, Russia. The language has borrowed a certain number of roots from Mongolian, Tibetan and Russian. There are small groups of Tuvans that speak distinct dialects of Tuvan in China and Mongolia.

  1. ^ a b Elisabetta Ragagnin (2011), Dukhan, a Turkic Variety of Northern Mongolia, Description and Analysis, Harrassowitz Verlag, Wiesbaden
  2. ^ Endangered Languages Project data for Tuha.


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