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There isn't a clear ethnic delineation for the application of the name '"Uriankhai"'. Mongols applied this name to all tribes of ''Forest People''. This name has historically been applied to Tuvans and Tuva proper as Tannu Uriankhai. Tuvans in Mongolia are called Monchoogo Uriankhai (cf. Tuvan ''Monchak''). Another group of Uriankhai in Mongolia (in Bayan-Ölgii and Khovd aimags) are called Altai-iin Uriankhai. These were apparently attached to the Oirats. A third group of Mongolian Uriankhai were one of the 6 tumens of Dayan Khan in Eastern Mongolia. These last two Uriankhai groups are said to be descendants of the Uriankhan tribe from which came Jelme and his more famous cousin Subutai.
A variation of the name, ''Uraŋxai'', was an old name for the Sakha.^[1] Russian Pavel Nebolsin documented the ''Urankhu'' clan of Volga Kalmyks in the 1850s.^[2] Another variant of the name, ''Orangkae'' (오랑캐), was traditionally used by the Koreans to refer indiscriminately to the various nomadic peoples that roamed over the lands to their north.
Tuva-Urianhai people are of Mongolian descents. Under the great rule of Chingis khaan, whole Mongolia united. Ethnographically the basic, major Mongolian clans are Darligin and Nirun. Darligin are Nukuz, Urianhan, Hongirad, Ikeris, Olhunud, Arulat, Kilingut, Kuralas, Iljigin, Kungilayut, Ortaut, Honhoton, Kunjin, Ushin, Suldusun, Ildurkin, Bayut, Kingit. Nirun are Hatagin, Saljiud, Taichuud, Hartahan, Sejiud, Chinus, Noyohon, Urud, Mangud, Durvun, Baarin, Barulas, Hadarhan, Juryad, Budaat, Duklad, Besud, Suhan, Kunggiyat. Today's Tuva's ethnicity majorily consists of Uryanhan and Chinus. Chinus is an early clan which from Borjigon the Great Khan Chingis's clan descended. Uryanhan people were very brave and good archers. Two of Chingis khaan's nine Urlug (General) were Uryanhai people-Zelme and Subeedei. It is a false notification that Tuvan and Mongolian language or even Turkic and Mongolian language are two different languages. Because Turkic people were living in what is today Mongolia. So both influenced each other a lot. It is the Central Mongolian language that changed a lot for only 200 years(The State of Mongolian). So for future scholars do not use today's central Mongolian language as a tool to research the rich language of Mongolia.

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1. Review of Menges "The Turkic Languages and Peoples", , Nicholas, POPPE, Central Asiatic Journal, 1969
2. Journey to Tuva, , Otto, Mänchen-Helfen, Ethnographic Press Unversity of Southern California, ,