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Tuareg languages

NameTuareg language(s)
NativenameTamasheq, Tamajaq, Tamahaq
FamilycolorAfro-Asiatic
StatesAlgeria
Burkina Faso
Libya
Mali
Niger
RegionSahara
Speakers4 millions (Ethnologue)
EthnicityTuareg people
Fam2Berber
Iso2tmh
Iso3tmh
Lc1thv|ld1=Tahaggart Tamahaq
Lc2taq|ld2=Tamasheq
Lc3ttq|ld3=Tawallammat Tamajaq
Lc4thz|ld4=Tayart Tamajeq
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Tuareg -enˈtwɑrɛɡ (also Tamasheq -enˈtæməʃɛk, Tamajaq, ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵌⴰⵆ Tamahaq) is a Berber language or family of very closely related languages and dialects spoken by the Tuareg Berbers, in large parts of Mali, Niger, Algeria, Libya and Burkina Faso, with a few speakers, the Kinnin, in Chad.


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