Tamahaq language
| Tamahaq | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Algeria, Libya, Niger |
| Region | Sahara |
Native speakers |
(undated figure of 40,000 in Algeria)[1] 40,000 Libya & Niger (1998–2006)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
thv |
| Glottolog |
taha1241[2] |
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 Berber languages of the Aïr Mountains, Azawagh and Adagh. The differences mostly consist of sound substitutions, such as Tamahaq instead of Tamajaq or Tamasheq.
Varieties
There are three main varieties of Tamahaq:
- Tahaggart, spoken around the Ahaggar Mountains in southern Algeria, by the Kel Ahaggar confederation
- Ajjer, spoken by the Kel Ajjer confederation
- Ghat, spoken around Djanet in southeast Algeria and Ghat in Libya.
According to Blench (2006), Tahaggart and Ghat are distinct Tuareg languages.
References
- 1 2 Tamahaq at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Tahaggart Tamahaq". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
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