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Tuvan LanguageThe Tuvan language (Tuvan: Тыва дыл (Tyva dyl)), also known as Tuvinian language, is one of the Turkic languages. It is spoken by around 200,000 people in the Republic of Tuva in south-central Siberia. The language borrows a great number of roots from the Mongolian language and a few words from the Russian language. | colspan="2" bgcolor=yellowgreen style="font-size:120%"|Tuvan (Тыва дыл) | | valign="top"|Spoken in: | Russia | | valign="top"|Region: | Tuva | | valign="top"|Total speakers: | 0.2 million | | valign="top"|Ranking: | Not in top 100 | valign="top"|Genetic
classification: | Altaic (disputed)
Turkic
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Tuvan | | colspan="2" bgcolor=yellowgreen|Official status | | valign="top"|Official language of: | valign="top"|- | | valign="top"|Regulated by: | valign="top"| - | | colspan="2" bgcolor=yellowgreen|Language codes | | a href="/encyclopedia/ISO-639" title="ISO 639">ISO 639-1 | - | | SO 639-2 | tyv | | a href="/encyclopedia/SIL" title="SIL">SIL | TUN | It is written with a modified version of the Russian alphabet, with three additional letters: Ңң (latin "ng" or "ŋ"), Өө (latin ""), Үү (latin ""). The sequence of the alphabet follows Russian exactly, with Ң located after Н, Ө after О, and Ү after У. Example of language could be found here: Enesay.com - Tuvinian literature and mythology
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