Tuva
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- Language: Tuva
- Alternate names: Tuvin, Tyva, Tuvan, Tuvia, Tokha, Soyot, Soyon, Soyod, Tannu-Tuva, Tuba, Tuvinian, Uriankhai, Uriankhai-Monchak, Uryankhai, Diba, Kök Mungak, Tuwa, Uryankhai-Monchak, Tuva-Uriankhai, Tuwa-Uriankhai, Sayan Samoyedic, Urjanchaisch, Sojonisch, Sojotisch, Tuvinisch, Uriangkhai, Karagas, South Siberian Turkic, тыва дыл, tyva dyl, тувинский язык, Тува хэл, Tuvaca
- Language code: tyv
- Language family: Turkic, Common Turkic, Central Siberian Turkic, South Siberian Turkic, Sayan
- Dialects: Altay Tuvan, Jungar Tuvan.
- Number of speakers: 242,754
- Vulnerability: risk
- Script: Cyrillic script.
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Until 1944 Tuva was an independent state. Buddhist (Lamaist), traditional religion.
Tuva is spoken in Russia, China, Mongolia, Caucasus;Europe;East Asia.