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Tadaksahak

A language of Mali

ISO 639-3: dsq

Population	100,000 in Mali (2007 Almaki), increasing. Population total all countries: 101,800.
Region	7th region, 300 km east-west by 200 km north-south with Ménaka as geographic center. They travel into Niger and Algeria. Also in Algeria.
Language map	Mali
Alternate names	Daosahaq, Daoussahaq, Daoussak, Dausahaq, Dawsahaq
Dialects	No major dialects. Closely related to Tagdal [tda] (Niger), Tasawaq [twq] (Niger), Korandje [key] (Algeria) Northern Songhay Languages share features from Songhay languages and Tamasheq [taq].
Classification	Nilo-Saharan, Songhai, Northern
Language use	Vigorous. All ages. Positive attitude. Some also use Tamasheq [taq], although women and children in isolated encampments understand very little.
Writing system	Arabic script, Ajami style. Latin script.
Comments	The culture is shared with Tamasheq [taq]. SVO; stress system. Traditionally nomadic herdsmen for the Iwellemmeden Tuareg nobility.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

CHRISTIANSEN, Niels; CHRISTIANSEN, Regula, authors. 2002. Some verb morphology features of Tadaksahak, or Berber or Songhay, this is the question.  

CHRISTIANSEN, Niels; RUECK, Michael J., authors. 1999. "Northern Songhay languages in Mali and Niger."  

CHRISTIANSEN, Regula; LEVINSOHN, Stephen H., authors. 2003. Relative clauses in Tadaksahak.