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.
Тугалар / Тухалар | |
|---|---|
a Tozhu Tyvan man, Iy (Ий) River, 1897 | |
| Total population | |
| 4,442 (2002) | |
| Russia | 1,858 |
| Languages | |
| Tozhu Tyvan, Russian | |
| Religion | |
| Tibetan Buddhism, Tengrism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Other Tyvans, Dukhans, Tofalars, Soyots, Samoyeds, several other Turkic peoples and Uriankhai Mongols | |
Language
| Tozhu Tyvan | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Russia |
| Region | Todzhinsky District, Tyva |
| Ethnicity | Tozhu Tyvans |
Turkic
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | todj1234 Todja |
The language of the Tozhu Tyvan people is a subdialect of Eastern (or Northeastern) dialect of Tyvan language.[citation needed] 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.
Genetics
Y-DNA haplogroups, by percentage: Q — 52 %, N — 37 %: N-L666 — 21 %, N3a5а — 12 %.
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.
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