The Tuvan language belongs to the Northern or Siberian branch of the Turkic language family. Four dialects are recognized: Central, Western, Southeastern and Northeastern (Todzhinian).

The Tuvan people are a Turkic ethnic group native to Tuva, in Central Asia. They number around 200,000 and live in Russia (Tuva), Mongolia, and China.

Yes, small Tuvan communities and individuals can indeed be found across many countries worldwide, including in Europe, North America, and parts of Asia and Oceania. Tuvans who live abroad often do …

The Tuvan language did not have a written form until the late 1920s, when Soviet linguists created a Tuvan writing system based on the Latin alphabet. This alphabet was replaced by the Cyrillic …

The name of Tuva's capital reflects that struggle: originally Khem Beldiri (Tuvan for "River Confluence"), it was renamed Byelotsarsk in 1914 (Russian for "White Czar"), and Kyzyl-Khoto (Tuvan for "red" …

Kyzyl (300 miles from Abakan) is the capital of the Tuvan Republic and home to 80,000 people. Located on a broad plan at the confluence of the Bolshoy and Maly Yenisey rivers, it is a Soviet-style city with …

The folklore of the Tuvan people is rich with tales, songs, riddles, epic poems and the like. Ancient legends and curious story are told in the native language from generation to generation, from parents …

The Tuvan people – along with the Yellow Uyghurs in China – are one of the only two Turkic groups who are primarily adherents to Tibetan Buddhism, which coexists with native shamanistic traditions.

Tyvan, any member of an ethnolinguistic group inhabiting the autonomous republic of Tyva (Tuva) in south-central Russia; the group also constitutes a small minority in the northwestern part of …

The Tuvan people are of Mongol heritage and have traditionally been independent, yurt-dwelling goat, sheep and cow herders (and reindeer!), but since the 19th century when Russians began to settle …