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Tuvan

Turkic

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Tuvan is a Siberian Turkic language with a rich oral tradition, including throat singing (khoomei). It preserves Old Turkic vocabulary and shows substantial contact influence from Mongolian, both in syntax and lexicon.

Where it is spoken

20 core words in Tuvan

Water

суг

/suɣ/

Fire

от

/ot/

Sun

хүн

/xyn/

Moon

ай

/aj/

Mother

ава

/ava/

Father

ача

/atɕa/

Eat

чиир

/tɕiːr/

Drink

ижер

/iʒer/

Love

ынакшыл

/ɯnakʃɯl/

Heart

чүрек

/tɕyrek/

Tree

ыяш

/ɯjaʃ/

House

бажың

/baʒɯŋ/

Dog

ыт

/ɯt/

Cat

диис

/diːs/

Hand

хол

/xol/

Eye

карак

/karak/

Hello

экии

/ekiː/

Thank you

четтирдим

/tɕetːirdim/

One

бир

/bir/

Good

эки

/eki/

Words compared

Compared with related Turkic languages

Meaning TuvanTofaKhakasAltaiKarakhanidKarachay-BalkarKarakalpak
Water суг /suɣ/ суғ /suɣ/ суғ /suɣ/ суу /suː/ suw /suw/ суу /suw/ suw /suw/
Fire от /ot/ от /ot/ от /ot/ от /ot/ ot /ot/ от /ot/ ot /ot/
Sun хүн /xyn/ хүн /xyn/ кӱн /kyn/ кӱн /kyn/ kün /kyn/ кюн /kyn/ kún /kyn/
Moon ай /aj/ ай /aj/ ай /aj/ ай /aj/ ay /aj/ ай /aj/ ay /aj/
Mother ава /ava/ ийе /ije/ иҷе /idʑe/ эне /ene/ ana /ana/ ана /ana/ ana /ana/
Father ача /atɕa/ ача /atʃa/ паба /paba/ ада /ada/ ata /ata/ ата /ata/ ata /ata/
Eat чиир /tɕiːr/ чиир /tʃiːr/ чиир /tɕiːr/ јиир /dʒiːr/ yi- /ji/ ашаргъа /aʃarʁa/ jew /ʒew/
Drink ижер /iʒer/ иъжер /iʔʒer/ ісерге /iserɡe/ ичер /itʃer/ ič- /itʃ/ ичерге /itʃerɡe/ ishiw /iʃiw/
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