Yaren Tofa

Tofa yana da alaƙa da Harshen Tuvan ^[4] [daidaitaccen tabbatarwa] kuma yana samar da ci gaba da yaren tare da shi. Tuha da Tsengel Tuvan na iya zama yarukan ko dai Tuvan ko Tofa. Tofa tana da siffofi da yawa tare da waɗannan harsuna, gami da adana *d a matsayin /d/ (kamar yadda a cikin Hodan "hare" - kwatanta Uzbek quyon) da ci gaban sautuna masu ƙasƙanci a kan gajerun wasula na tarihi (kamar a cikin *et > èt "nama, nama").

^[5]Alexander Vovin (2017) ya lura cewa Tofa da sauran yarukan Turkic na Siberiya, musamman Sayan Turkic, suna da kalmomin aro na Yeniseian.

Tofa, waɗanda aka fi sani da Tofalar ko Karagas, 'Yan asalin ƙasar ne da ke zaune a kudu maso yammacin Irkutsk Oblast, a Rasha. Yankin da suke zaune an san shi da Tofalariya. A al'adance su ne makiyaya masu kiwon reindeer, suna zaune a kan ko kusa da tsaunukan Sayan na Gabas. Koyaya, kiwon reindeer ya ragu sosai tun daga karni na 20, tare da dangin Tofa guda ɗaya kawai suna ci gaba da aikin As of 2004^[update]. ^[6] Tsohon USSR ta amince da shi a 1926 a matsayin daya daga cikin "Ƙananan Ƙananan Ƙasa na Arewa, " (Russian: ƙarancin ƙwayoyin Arewa, Siberia da Gabas ta Tsakiya) Tofa suna da matsayi na musamman na doka kuma suna karɓar tallafin tattalin arziki daga Rasha. Yawan muta^[7] Tofa kusan mutane 750 ne; kusan 5% na yawan jama'a suna magana da Tofa a matsayin yare na farko a shekara ta 2002, (ko da yake wannan adadin ya yiwu ya ragu tun daga lokacin, saboda shekarun masu magana). ^[6] Kodayake yawan mutanen Tofalaria yana ƙaruwa, yawan kabilun Tofalar yana raguwa.

Sadarwar harshe - galibi tare da masu magana da Rasha - ya kasance mai yawa tun 1926, lokacin da Tofa ta sami matsayin "Ƙananan Ƙananan Ƙananan Arewa" daga USSR (Russian: ƙarancin ƙwayoyin Arewa, Siberia da Gabas ta Tsakiya) kuma sun sami canje-canje masu mahimmanci na al'adu, zamantakewa, da tattalin arziki. ^[8] mahimmanci, wannan al'ada mai nomadic, masu kiwon reindeer tun daga lokacin sun zama masu zaman kansu kuma kiwon reineer ya ɓace tsakanin Tofa. Baya ga ziyartar masu karɓar haraji da masu yawon bude ido, wasu 'yan Rasha da yawa sun zo tsaunukan Sayan don rayuwa. ^[7] ila yau, ƙaura da aure na Rasha sun yi tasiri, bisa ga ambaton Donahoe: "A cikin 1931, daga cikin yawan jama'a a Tofalaria na 551, kusan 420 (76%) Tofa ne, kuma sauran 131 (24%) ba Tofa ba ne, galibi Rasha (Mel'nikova 1994:36 da 231). A shekara ta 1970, yawan mutanen Tofalaria ya karu zuwa 1368, wanda 498 (36%) sun kasance Tofa, kuma 809 (59%) sun ci gaba da Rasha (Sherkhunaev 1975): ^[6] A cikin waɗannan matakan suna iya zuwa kusan 40). 

Tebur mai zuwa ya lissafa wasula na Tofa. An dauki bayanan ne daga Ilgın da Rassadin . ^[9]

Rassadin ^[9] kuma nuna cewa Tofa yana da ɗan gajeren [ĭ]. Duk sautunan sai dai [æ] za a iya yin amfani da su. A cewar Rassadin ^[9] ana gane pharyngealization a matsayin murya mai ƙarfi; Harrison da Anderson suna wakiltar wannan fasalin a matsayin sautin ƙasa.

Tebur mai zuwa ya lissafa consonants na Tofa. An dauki bayanan ne daga Ilgın da Rassadin . ^[9]