Tamasheq language
| Tamasheq | |
|---|---|
| Tafaghist | |
| Native to | Mali, Burkina Faso |
| Region | Sahara |
| Ethnicity | Tuareg |
Native speakers | (280,000 cited 1991–2000)[1] |
| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | taq |
| Glottolog | tama1365 |
Tamasheq is a variety of the Tuareg languages. It is spoken by the Tuareg people, principally in the Timbuktu area. There are two divergent dialects: Timbuktu (Tombouctou, Tanaslamt) and Tadghaq (Kidal) in Mali.
Tamasheq as spoken in northeastern Burkina Faso is similar.[2]
The name Tamasheq is sometimes applied to the Tuareg languages in general.
References
- ^ Tamasheq at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ David Sudlow, 2001, The Tamasheq of Nord-East Burkina Faso: Notes on grammar and syntax including a key vocabulary, Köln, Rüdiger Köppe Verlag
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