Tamahaq, Tahaggart

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A language of Algeria

ISO 639-3
thv
Alternate Names
Tamachek, Tamachek’, Tamashekin, Tamasheq, Tomachek, Touareg, Tourage, Tuareg
Autonym
Tamahaq
User Population

71,400 in Algeria (2020). Total users in all countries: 114,200.

Location

Adrar and Illizi provinces; Tamanrasset province: south to Niger border in south Hoggar mountains. Southeast, Ganet area and west (Hoggar Ghat dialect).

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Language Status

6b* (Threatened).

Classification
Afro-Asiatic, Berber, Tamasheq, Northern
Dialects

Hoggar (Ahaggaren, Ajjer, Tahaggart), Ghat (Djanet, Ganet). A member of macrolanguage Tamashek [tmh].

Language Use

Most still speak the language.

Language Development

Grammar. Texts. Bible portions: 1948–1965.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Tamahaq, Tahaggart
Writing

Arabic script, Naskh variant [Arab]. Latin script [Latn]. Tifinagh (Berber) script [Tfng], called Shifinagh in Niger.

Other Comments

Muslim.

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