Learn about Tuvan throat singing! 🐦 The Tuvan are Indigenous peoples described as a cross-national ethnic group separated by national borders of China, Mongolia, and Russia. The majority live in Russia and number 263,934 according to a 2010 census. There are some issues with China classifying Tuvans as Mongolians, with one Tuvan elder saying “Most Tuva live outside of China, so we were afraid that once we were classified as Mongolian people, gradually we would be assimilated