Tozhu Tuvans#Language

{{Infobox ethnic group

| group = Tozhu Tyvans

| native_name = Тугалар / Тухалар

| native_name_lang = tyv

| image = 200px

| caption = a Tozhu Tyvan man, Iy (Ий) River, 1897

| population = 4,442 (2002){{cite web|author=|date=|url=http://www.perepis2002.ru/content.html?id=11&docid=10715289081463|title=Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года|last=|publisher=|access-date=2009-12-24|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807002649/http://www.perepis2002.ru/content.html?id=11&docid=10715289081463|url-status=dead|archivedate=2011-08-07}}

| region2 = {{flag|Russia}}

| pop2 = 1,858

| ref1 = [http://www.perepis-2010.ru/results_of_the_census/tab5.xls Russian Census 2010: Population by ethnicity] {{in lang|ru}}

| rels = Tibetan Buddhism, Tengrism

| langs = Tozhu Tyvan, Russian

| related = Other Tyvans, Dukhans, Tofalars, Soyots, Samoyeds,Elisabetta Ragagnin (2011), [http://www.harrassowitz-verlag.de/dzo/artikel/201/004/4043_201.pdf?t=1322214979 Dukhan, a Turkic Variety of Northern Mongolia, Description and Analysis], Harrassowitz Verlag, Wiesbaden 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 Turkic subgroup of the Tyvans living in Todzhinsky District of the Republic of Tyva. The Tozhu Tyvans are reindeer herders.http://www.severcom.ru/nations/item32.html Информация о тоджинцах на сайте Совета Федерации РФ

Language

{{Infobox language

| name = Tozhu Tyvan

| familycolor = altaic

| fam1 = Turkic

| fam2 = Common Turkic

| fam3 = Siberian Turkic

| fam4 = South Siberian

| fam5 = Sayan Turkic

| fam6 = Taiga Sayan Turkic

| glottoname = Todja

| glotto = todj1234

| ethnicity = Tozhu Tyvans

| states = Russia

| region = Todzhinsky District, Tyva

| speakers = ?

}}

The language of the Tozhu Tyvan people is a subdialect of Eastern (or Northeastern) dialect of Tyvan language.{{Citation needed|date=September 2023|reason=Various sources cite it as a Taiga Sayan Turkic dialect, while most Tyvan dialects are Steppe Sayan Turkic.}} 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.Elisabetta Ragagnin (2011), [http://www.harrassowitz-verlag.de/dzo/artikel/201/004/4043_201.pdf?t=1322214979 Dukhan, a Turkic Variety of Northern Mongolia, Description and Analysis], Harrassowitz Verlag, Wiesbaden

References

Bibliography

Chadamba, Z. B. Тоджинский диалект тувинского языка (The Tozhu dialect of the Tuvan language). Kyzyl: Tuvknigoizdat, 1974
Вайнштейн 1961 – Вайнштейн С.И. Тувинцы-тоджинцы. Историко-этнографические очерки. - М., 1961.
Donahoe 2002 - Donahoe B. "Hey, You! Get offa my Taiga!" : comparing the sense of property rights among the Tofa and Tozhu-Tyva. – Halle/Saale: Max Planck Inst. for Social Anthropology Working Paper Series No. 38, 2002.
Donahoe 2004 - Donahoe B. A line in the Sayans: history and divergent perceptions of property among the Tozhu and Tofa of South Siberia. - Bloomington : Indiana University, 2004.
Donahoe 2006 - Donahoe B. Who owns the Taiga?: inclusive vs. exclusive senses of property among the Tozhu and Tofa of southern Siberia. - In Sibirica (5:1), 2006. - P.87-116.
Донахо 2008 – Донахо Б. Тувинцы-тоджинцы: очерк современной культуры // Тюркские народы Восточной Сибири / Отв. ред. Д.А. Функ, Н.А. Алексеев. М., 2008. С. 186–204.

Category:Tuvans

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Category:Tuva