Turkic family

Tuvan

c. 1500 CE – today Living

Tuvan (c. 1500 CE – today) is a living Turkic language. Lineage: Proto-Turkic → Old Turkic → Tuvan.

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Speakers
280K (280,000)
ISO 639-3
tyv
Glottocode
tuvi1240

Siberian Turkic language of the Tuva Republic, Russia, with Mongolic influence.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Turkicc. 200 BCE – 500 CE
  2. Old Turkic550 CE – 900 CE
  3. Tuvanc. 1500 CE – today

Sister languages 4

Also descended from Old Turkic.

Sources