Tozhu Tuvans

The Tozhu Tuvans, Tozhu Tuvinians, Todzhan Tuvans 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 Tuva Republic. The Tozhu Tuvans are reindeer herders.[3]

Tozhu Tuvans
Тугалар / Тухалар

a Tozhu Tuvan man, Iy (Ий) River, 1897
Total population
4,442 (2002)[1]
Regions with significant populations
Russia	1,858[2]
Languages
Tuvan, Russian
Religion
Tibetan Buddhism ("Lamaism"), Tengrism
Related ethnic groups
Tuvans, Dukhans, Tofalar, Soyots, several other Turkic peoples and Uriankhai Mongols

Language

The language of Tozhu Tuvan people is a subdialect of Eastern (or Northeastern) dialect of Tuvan language.

References

1. "Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года". Archived from the original on 2011-08-21. Retrieved 2009-12-24.
2. Russian Census 2010: Population by ethnicity (in Russian)
3. http://www.severcom.ru/nations/item32.html Информация о тоджинцах на сайте Совета Федерации РФ

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.