Free Online Tuvan Language Course

This is a free interactive textbook of the Tuvan language (Тыва дыл), based on the coursebook «Тывалап чугаалажыылыңар» by K.A. Bichelday (2012). The course covers everyday speech, grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation.

What you will learn

• Greetings and introductions
• Tuvan alphabet, vowels and consonants
• Numbers and counting
• Grammar: word order, pronouns, cases, verb tenses
• Useful phrases for everyday situations

About the Tuvan language

Tuvan (also spelled Tuvinian) is a Turkic language spoken by around 232,000 people, primarily in the Republic of Tuva (Russia), as well as in Mongolia and China. It is related to Turkish, Kazakh, Kyrgyz and other Turkic languages.