Tuviniann.adj.
/tuːˈvɪnɪən/ A. n.
a. A member of a pastoral, Turkic-speaking people inhabiting the Republic of Tuva, bordering on Outer Mongolia.
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tartarina1400
Tartarianc1400
redhead1555
Nogaian1589
Nogai1591
Turkoman1600
Uzbek1616
Osmanli1704
Kizilbash1727
Uighur1785
Kazakh1832
Oghuz1843
Ghuzz1845
Khazar1854
Oghuzian1880
Avar1881
Qajar1883
Kizil1909
Azerbaijani1911
Türkmen1927
Kashgai1937
Tuvinian1938
Tuvan1964
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1938 Encycl. Brit. Bk. of Year 419/1 Population [of Tannu-Tuva], c. 65,000, of whom Tuvinians number about 50,000.
1964 tr. M. G. Levin & L. P. Potapov Peoples of Siberia 380 The Tuvans are a small Turkic-speaking minority making up most of the population of the Tuvan Autonomous Oblast, which is part of the RSFSR... Also called Tuvins, Tuvintsy, or Tuvinians.
1974 Encycl. Brit. Micropædia X. 207/3 In recent times many Tuvinians have been settled in Russian-style wooden houses.
1982 Cambr. Encycl. Russia & Soviet Union 65/2 The Yakuts and Tuvinians living in East Asia have never been affected by Islam.
1990 Toronto Star 5 Aug. h4 About 3,000 people have left their homes since the beginning of the year to escape strife between Russian speakers and ethnic Tuvinians.
b. The Turkic language of this people.
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Tuvinian1954
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1954 W. Kolarz Peoples of Soviet Far East vi. 165 The Mongol newspaper..was bi-lingual Mongol-Tuvinian for nine months, and then switched over to Tuvinian altogether.
1985 Current Digest of Soviet Press 14 Aug. 11/2 Switching to Tuvinian, she managed to wrest some halting answers from them.
B. adj.
Of, belonging to, or characteristic of the Tuvinians or their language.
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Ghuzz1866
Avarian1875
Taranchi1885
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Uzbek1891
Kizil1898
Oghuz1937
Tuvinian1954
Yomud1974
Yuruk1974
Tuvan1988
the mind > language > languages of the world > Altaic > [adjective] > Turkic > of specific Turkic languages
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Kazakh1886
Sart1898
Kipchak1953
Tuvinian1954
Oghuz1959
Tuvan1989
1954 W. Kolarz Peoples of Soviet Far East vi. 165 The birthday of this Tuvinian culture was June 28th, 1930, when the Government published a decree on the introduction of the Tuvinian Latin alphabet.
1974 Encycl. Brit. Micropædia X. 207/3 The Tuvinian traditional dwellings include the felt tents (yurts) of the steppe peoples.
1983 Time 7 Mar. 90 Among the Tuvinian people of the Soviet Union, an individual can sing two melodies simultaneously.
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