ISO 639-3 · tyvtyv
Turkic family
Tuvan
Тыва дыл
Tuvan is a language of the Siberian Turkic branch (Turkic), spoken in Mongolia, Russia and China. Wikidata counts about 297,000 speakers (2010). Wikidata describes it as “Siberian Turkic language”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
tyv- Glottocode
tuvi1240- Family
- Turkic
- EGIDS
- 2 Provincial
- UNESCO
- Vulnerable
- Centre point
- 51.78, 94.75
- Wikipedia
- 98 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
3countries
3scripts
3levels in the tree
2EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Tuvan · Тыва дыл |
|---|---|
| Also called | Tuvinian, Tyvan, Tuvin, Tuvan language, tyv |
| All speakers | 297,000 (2010) |
| Written in | Cyrillic, Latin script, Tuvan alphabet |
| Grammatical cases | 7 listed in Wikidata |
Vitality
EGIDS 2 Provincial2
Institutional. Used in government, education and media — EGIDS 0 to 4.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Vulnerable
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Turkic to Tuvan
The branches above Tuvan, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in Mongolia
kazKazakhTurkic · 13.2 m1 · NationaluigUyghurEastern Karluk · 10.4 m2 · ProvincialmonMongolianMongolic · 7 mkhkKhalkha MongolianMongolic · 2.7 m1 · NationalxalOiratMongolic · 780,000Definitely endangeredbuaBuryatMongolic · 329,000Definitely endangeredbxmMongolia BuriatMongolic · 42,5006a · VigorousotkOld TurkicTurkiczktKhitanunclassifiedmsrMongolian Sign Languageunclassified6a · Vigorous