Tozhu Tuvans

Tozhu Tyvans
Тугалар / Тухалар
a Tozhu Tyvan man, Iy (Ий) River, 1897
Total population
4,442 (2002)
Russia1,858
Languages
Tozhu Tyvan, Russian
Religion
Tibetan Buddhism, Tengrism
Related ethnic groups
Other Tyvans, Dukhans, Tofalars, Soyots, Samoyeds, several other Turkic peoples and Uriankhai Mongols

The Tozhu Tuvans, Tozhu Tuvinians, Todzhan Tyvans or Todzhinians (own name: Тугалар Tugalar or Тухалар Tukhalar; Russian Тувинцы-тоджинцы Tuvincy-todžincy, Тоджинцы Todžincy) are a subgroup of the Tuvans living in Todzhinsky District of the Republic of Tuva. The Tozhu Tyvans are reindeer herders.

Language

Tozhu Tyvan
Native toRussia
RegionTodzhinsky District, Tyva
EthnicityTozhu Tyvans
Turkic
Language codes
ISO 639-3–
Glottologtodj1234  Todja

The language of the Tozhu Tyvan people is a subdialect of Eastern (or Northeastern) dialect of Tyvan language.[citation needed] The Tozhu Tyvan dialect is classified as part of the Taiga Sayan Turkic branch of Sayan Turkic along with Tere-Khöl Tuvan, while most other Tyvan dialects are classified as part of the Steppe Sayan Turkic branch.

Genetics

Y-DNA haplogroups, by percentage: Q — 52%, N — 37%: N-L666 — 21%, N3a5а — 12%.

References

  1. ↑ "Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года". Archived from the original on 2011-08-07. Retrieved 2009-12-24.
  2. ↑ Russian Census 2010: Population by ethnicity (in Russian)
  3. 1 2 Elisabetta Ragagnin (2011), Dukhan, a Turkic Variety of Northern Mongolia, Description and Analysis, Harrassowitz Verlag, Wiesbaden
  4. ↑ http://www.severcom.ru/nations/item32.html Информация о тоджинцах на сайте Совета Федерации РФ
  5. ↑ "Генетические портреты охотников-оленеводов Южной Сибири – тофалар и тоджинцев &124; Генофонд РФ". Archived from the original on 2020-08-05. Retrieved 2020-04-24.

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