Tofa language
| Tofa | |
|---|---|
| Tofalar, Karagas | |
| Тоъфа дыл To'fa dyl | |
| Pronunciation | [t̪ɔˤfa d̪ɯl̪] |
| Native to | Russia |
| Region | Tofalariya, Irkutsk Oblast |
| Ethnicity | Tofalar |
Native speakers | 67 (2020 census) |
Turkic
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | kim |
| Glottolog | kara1462 Taiga Sayan Turkictofa1248 Tofa |
| ELP | Tofa |
| Tuha | |
Tofalaria, the region inhabited by the Tofalar | |
Tofa is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
Tofa (Tofa: Тоъфа дыл Tòfa dıl), also known as Tofalar or Karagas, is a Turkic language spoken in Russia's Irkutsk Oblast by the Tofalars, an indigenous people of the region. Tofa forms a dialect continuum with the closely related Tuvan language, and shares many features with Tuvan. Tofa is a critically endangered language, as classified by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger, and recent estimates for speakers run from 67 to fewer than 40 individuals. Only 3 people can speak it fluently.