Language and folklore of Tukhalars of Mongolia

Resumen

The purpose is the description of the live speech and folklore of small ethnic groups of Tukhalars of the Sumon of Tsagaan-Nuur. The main methods are the method of a field research, descriptive, comparative-historical, and comparative and linguostatistics ones. Results of research demonstrate that language and folklore of Tuvinians of Mongolia keep so far a number of archaic elements in which there are similarities to maternal tradition. As a conclusion, at small genres of folklore there are original proverbs and sayings which characterize their traditional moral values.