Dukha

[aka Tuha, Tsaatan]

Classification: Turkic

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endangered

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Dukham or the Tsaatan

Dukhan language, an endangered Turkic variety spoken by approximately five hundred people in the Tsagaan-Nuur county of the Khövsgöl region of northern Mongolia. Dukhan belongs to the Taiga subgroup of Sayan Turkic (Tuvan, Tofa).

Delgermaa Altangerel

Huvsgul aimag, Mongolia

Jan. 1, 2017

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