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Người Tuva
The Tuvans (from Russian ) or Tyvans (from Tuvan ) are a Turkic ethnic group indigenous to Siberia that live in Tuva, Mongolia, and China. They speak the Tuvan language, a Siberian Turkic language. In Mongolia, they are regarded as one of the Uriankhai peoples. In China, they are considered Mongols, even though Tuvans are Turkic, not Mongolic.
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The Tuvans are a Turkic ethnic group native to Siberia who live primarily in Tuva, Mongolia, and China and speak the Tuvan language. They matter as a distinct cultural and linguistic group whose identity reflects the complex ethnic geography of Central Asia, though their classification varies by country—recognized as Uriankhai in Mongolia but officially considered Mongols in China despite their Turkic heritage.
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Key facts
- Ethnic group.group
- Tuvans
- Ethnic group.native_name
- тывалар
- Ethnic group.native_name_lang
- tyv
- Ethnic group.image
- Мөгелер биле Даңгыналар2. 2016.jpg
- Ethnic group.caption
- Tuvans in Russia
- Ethnic group.total
- 312,194
- Ethnic group.pop2
- 295,384 (2021)
- Ethnic group.region3
- ∟
- Ethnic group.pop3
- 279,789 (7,189 Todjins)
- Ethnic group.region4
- ∟
- Ethnic group.pop4
- 2,719
- Ethnic group.region5
- ∟
- Ethnic group.pop5