Tamajeq, Tayart

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A language of Niger

ISO 639-3
thz
Alternate Names
Amazigh, Tamachek, Tomacheck, Touareg, Tuareg
Autonym
Tamajeq
User Population

250,000 (1998).

Location

Agadez region: Arlit and Tchirozerine departments; northwest Zinder and east, southeast Tahoua regions; Maradi region: Dakoro and Mayahi departments.

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Language Status

4 (Educational).

Classification
Afro-Asiatic, Berber, Tamasheq, Southern
Dialects

Air (Agadez, Tamestayert, Tayart, Tayert), Tanassfarwat (Tamagarast). A member of macrolanguage Tamashek [tmh].

Language Use

Also use Hausa [hau]. Used as L2 by Algerian Saharan Spoken Arabic [aao], Tetserret [tez].

Language Development

Literature. Radio. NT: 1990.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Tamajeq, Tayart
Writing

Latin script [Latn]. Tifinagh (Berber) script [Tfng], called Shifinagh.

Other Comments

Nomadic. Muslim.