Tozhu Tuvans

Tozhu Tuvans
Тугалар / Тухалар

a Tozhu Tuvan man, Iy (Ий) River, 1897
Total population
(4.442 (2002)[1])
Regions with significant populations
 Russia 1,858[2]
Languages
Tuvan, Russian
Religion
Tibetan Buddhism ("Lamaism"), Tengrism
Related ethnic groups
Tuvans, Dukhans, Tofalar, Soyots, several other Turkic peoples and Uriankhai Mongols

The Tozhu Tuvans, Tozhu Tuvinians, Todzhan Tuvans or Todzhinians (own name: Тугалар Tugalar or Тухалар Tukhalar; Russian Тувинцы-тоджинцы Tuvintsy-todzhintsy, Тоджинцы Todzhintsy) are a Turkic subgroup of the Tuvans living in Todzhinsky District of Tuva Republic. The Tozhu Tuvans are reindeer herders.[3]

Language

The language of Tozhu Tuvan people is a subdialect of Eastern (or Northeastern) dialect of Tuvan language.

References

  1. "Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года". Archived from the original on 2011-08-21. Retrieved 2009-12-24.
  2. Russian Census 2010: Population by ethnicity (Russian)
  3. http://www.severcom.ru/nations/item32.html Информация о тоджинцах на сайте Совета Федерации РФ

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