Tamahaq, Tahaggart

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A language of Algeria

ISO 639-3
thv
Alternate Names
Tamachek, Tamashekin, Tomachek, Touareg, Tourage, Tuareg
Population

40,000 in Algeria. Population total all countries: 77,000.

Location

South Hoggar (Ajjer) mountain area, Hoggar, Tamanghasset area and south to Niger border. Ghat dialect in southeast, Ganet area and west. Also in Libya, Niger.

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Language Status

6b (Threatened).

Classification
Afro-Asiatic, Berber, Tamasheq, Northern
Dialects

Ghat (Djanet, Ganet), Hoggar (Ahaggaren, Ajjer, Tahaggart).

Language Use

Most still speak the language.

Language Development
Bible portions: 1948–1965.
Writing
Arabic script. Tifinagh (Berber) script, called Shifinagh in Niger.
Other Comments

Ethnonym: Tuareg (pl.), Targi (sg.). Muslim.

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