Tofa people
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The Tofa people are a small Indigenous Turkic-speaking group of reindeer herders traditionally inhabiting the taiga regions of Irkutsk Oblast in Siberia, Russia.
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | ethnic group ⓘ |
| administrativeArea |
Irkutsk Oblast
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nizhneudinsky District NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| climateZone | subarctic climate ⓘ |
| country | Russia ⓘ |
| culturalHeritageType |
epic songs
ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ shamanic rituals ⓘ |
| culturalRegion | Siberia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnonymVariant |
Karagas
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tofalar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governingState | Russian Federation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalLanguageInfluence |
Mongolic languages
ⓘ
Russian language ⓘ |
| language | Tofa language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Turkic languages ⓘ |
| languageStatus | severely endangered language ⓘ |
| languageSubgroup | Siberian Turkic languages ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Irkutsk Oblast
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Siberia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainSubsistenceActivity | reindeer herding ⓘ |
| minorSubsistenceActivity |
fishing
ⓘ
fur hunting ⓘ |
| populationStatus | very small population ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | small-numbered Indigenous people of the North, Siberia and the Far East of Russia ⓘ |
| relatedEthnicGroup |
Altai people
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Khakas NERFINISHED ⓘ Tuvans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
Russian Orthodoxy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
shamanism ⓘ |
| SovietEraPolicyImpact |
Russification
ⓘ
collectivization ⓘ sedentarization ⓘ |
| traditionalDwelling | conical tent ⓘ |
| traditionalEconomyType | nomadic pastoralism ⓘ |
| traditionalLivestock |
horses
ⓘ
reindeer ⓘ |
| traditionalOccupation |
fishing
ⓘ
hunting ⓘ reindeer herding ⓘ |
| traditionalRegion |
Eastern Sayan Mountains
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
taiga ⓘ |
| traditionalTransport | reindeer sled ⓘ |
| UNESCOConcern | endangered language and culture ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Cyrillic script ⓘ |
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