Tozhu Tuvans

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 Tuvans living in Todzhinsky District of the Republic of Tuva. The Tozhu Tyvans are reindeer herders.^[4]

Tozhu Tyvans

Тугалар / Тухалар
a Tozhu Tyvan man, Iy (Ий) River, 1897
Total population
4,442 (2002)[1]
[2]
Russia	1,858
Languages
Tozhu Tyvan, Russian
Religion
Tibetan Buddhism, Tengrism
Related ethnic groups
Other Tyvans, Dukhans, Tofalars, Soyots, Samoyeds,[3] several other Turkic peoples and Uriankhai Mongols

Language

Tozhu Tyvan
Native to	Russia
Region	Todzhinsky District, Tyva
Ethnicity	Tozhu Tyvans
Language family	Turkic Common Turkic Siberian Turkic South Siberian Sayan Turkic Taiga Sayan Turkic Tozhu Tyvan
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.^[3]

Genetics

Y-DNA haplogroups, by percentage: Q — 52 %, N — 37 %: N-L666 — 21 %, N3a5а — 12 %.^[5]