Tamahaq language

Tamahaq (Tahaggart Tamahaq, Tamahaq Tahaggart) is the only known Northern Tuareg language, spoken in Algeria, western Libya and northern Niger. It varies little from the Southern Tuareg languages of the Aïr Mountains, Azawagh and Adagh. The differences mostly consist of sound substitutions, such as Tamahaq instead of Tamajaq or Tamasheq.

Tamahaq
Native toAlgeria, Libya, Niger
RegionSahara
Native speakers
77,000 (2001)[1]
Afro-Asiatic
Language codes
ISO 639-3thv
Glottologtaha1241
ELPTahaggart Tamahaq[2]

Varieties

There are three main varieties of Tamahaq:

According to Blench (2006), Tahaggart and Ghat are distinct Tuareg languages.

References


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