Tamajeq, Tayart
A language of Niger
| Population | 250,000 (1998). |
| Region | Central, Agadez area. |
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| Alternate names | Amazigh, Tamachek, Tomacheck, Touareg, Tuareg |
| Dialects | Air (Agadez, Tayart, Tayert, Tamestayert), Tanassfarwat (Tamagarast). |
| Classification | Afro-Asiatic, Berber, Tamasheq, Southern A member of macrolanguage Tamashek [tmh] (Mali). |
| Language use | Also use Hausa [hau]. |
| Language development | Taught in primary schools. Radio programs. NT: 1990. |
| Writing system | Latin script. Tifinagh (Berber) script, called Shifinagh. |
| Comments | The speakers’ name for their language is ‘Tamajeq’. Nomadic. Muslim. |
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