Tamashek

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A macrolanguage of Mali

User Population

Population total all languages (L1 only): 1,734,200.

Language Resources

OLAC resources in and about Tamashek

Includes: Tahaggart Tamahaq [thv] (Algeria), Tamasheq [taq], Tawallammat Tamajaq [ttq] (Niger), Tayart Tamajeq [thz] (Niger).

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Mauritania

Language NameTamashek

User Population

117,000 in Mauritania (2017).

Language Status

Unestablished.

Language Use

All also use French [fra], as the language of education, media and government. Most also use Hassaniyya [mey], as the language of commerce and interethnic communication. Many also use Standard Arabic [arb], as the language of government, media, and religion (Ould Ahmed 2012).

Other Comments

Non-indigenous.

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