Air Tamajeq language

Tayart
Tamajeq
Native to	Niger
Region	Sahara
Native speakers	250,000 (1998)^[1]
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Berber Tuareg Southern Tayart
Dialects	Air (Tayiṛt) Tanassfarwat (Tamagarast)
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`thz`
Glottolog	`taya1257`^[2]

Air Tamajeq (Tayiṛt) is a variety of Tamasheq, one of the Tuareg languages. It is spoken by the Tuareg people inhabiting the Aïr Mountains in the Agadez Region of Niger.

Ethnologue lists two dialects: Air (Tayert) and Tanassfarwat (Tamagarast/Tamesgrest). Blench (2006) considers these two varieties to be distinct languages. He lists Ingal and Gofat as dialects of Air/Tayirt, and Azerori as a dialect of Tamesgrest.

References

↑ Tayart at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Tayart Tamajeq". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

Languages of Niger
Official language	French
National languages	Arabic Buduma Fulfulde Gurma Hausa Kanuri Songhai Tassawaq Toubou Tamajeq Zarma
Other languages	Air Tamajeq Chadian Arabic Daza Kaado Tamahaq

Berber languages

Languages

Historical

Proto-Berber^†,R

Guanche

Guanche^†

Eastern

Awjila
Fezzan
- Foqaha
- Sokna
- Tmessa
Ghadamès
Jaghbub^†
Kufra
Nafusi
- Jadu
- Nalut
- Wazzin
- Yefren
Siwa

Northern

Zenati	Eastern Middle Atlas^TA Seghrouchen Warayn Northern Saharan Gurara Mozabite South Oranie and Figuig Tidikelt Tuwat Wad Righ Wargla Riffian Central Riffian Eastern Moroccan Iznasen Snouss Western Riffian Shawiya Tunisian-Zuwara^TE Jerba Matmata Sened^† Tataouine Zuwara Western Algerian Gouraya Shelif Shenwa
Non-Zenati	Atlas languages Central Atlas Gharb^† Ghomara Judeo-Berber Sanhaja de Srayr Shilha Kabyle Central-Eastern Central-Western Eastern Western
Standardized	Moroccan Berber

Tuareg

Southwestern

Orthography

Institutions

Governmental	IRCAM (Morocco) DNAFLA (Mali) HCA (Algeria) CRB (France)
NGOs	Berber Academy World Amazigh Congress

^TE Transitional to Eastern · ^TA Transitional to Atlas · ^† Extinct · ^R Reconstructed

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