  tuvan (tuvan: ÑÑÐ²Ð° Ð´ÑÐ», tyva dyl), also known as tuvinian, tyvan or tuvin, is a turkic language spoken in the republic of tuva in south-central siberia in russia. the language has borrowed a great number of roots from the mongolian language, tibetan and more recently from the russian language. there are small diaspora groups of tuvan people that speak distinct dialects of tuvan in the people's republic of china and in mongolia. ==classification== tuvan is linguistically classified as a northeastern or siberian turkic language, closely related to several other siberian turkic languages including khakas and altai languages. its closest relative is the moribund tofa. tuvan, as spoken in tuva, is principally divided into four dialect groups; western, central, northeastern, southeastern. * central: forms the basis of the literary language and includes ovyur and bii-khem subdialects. * western: can be found spoken near the upper course of the khemchik river. it is influenced by the altai language. * northeastern, also known as the todzhi dialect, is spoken near the upper course of the bii-khem river. the speakers of this dialect utilize nasalization. it contains a large vocabulary related to hunting and reindeer breeding not found in the other dialects. * southeastern: shows the most influence from the mongolian language. other dialects include those spoken by the dzungar, the tsengel and the dukha bands of tuvans, but currently these uncommon dialects are not comprehensively documented. ==sounds== ===consonants=== tuvan has 19 native consonant phonemes. {| class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align: center" |+ caption| consonant phonemes of tuvan ! colspan="2" | ! labial ! alveolar ! palatal ! velar |- ! colspan="2" | nasal |  |  | |  |- ! rowspan="2" | plosive ! unaspirated/voiced1 |  |  | |  |- ! aspirated/voiceless1 |  |  | |  |- ! colspan="2" | affricate | | {{ipa|(tÍ¡s)}
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