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Name:
Tamahaq, Tahaggart
Type:
Language
Alternate Names:
Tahaggart Tamahaq; Tuareg (Ahaggar); Tamahaq (Tahaggart); Tamachek; Tamashekin; Tomachek; Tuareg; Touareg; Tourage; Toureg; Tamasheq; Tamahaq
Spoken in:
Niger, Libya, Algeria
Number of speakers:
25,000 in Algeria (1987). Includes 20,000 Hoggar, 5,000 Ghat. Population total all countries: 62,000
(Ethnologue)
Number of speakers:
137000
(UNESCO)
Number of speakers:
62000
(World Oral Literature Project)
Code:
thv
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
SIL
Families:
Afro-Asiatic
Parent Subgroup:
Northern Tamasheq; Northern (ntas)
Child Dialects:
Ghat; Tuareg (Ghat); Ganet; Djanet (thv-gha)
Hoggar; Tuareg (Air); Ahaggaren; Ajjer; Tahaggart (thv-hog)
UNESCO Status: Definitely endangered Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
Endangerment Status
UNESCO Status: Definitely endangered Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
Map of Tamahaq, Tahaggart
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