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Tamashek

Tamasheq
Tafaghist
Native to Mali, Burkina Faso
Region Sahara
Ethnicity Tuareg
Native speakers
(280,000 cited 1991–2000)
Afro-Asiatic
Dialects
  • Timbuktu (Tombouctou, Tanaslamt)
  • Tadghaq (Kidal)
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Glottolog tama1365

Tamasheq is a variety of the Tuareg languages. It is spoken by the Tuareg people, principally in the Timbuktu area. There are two divergent dialects: Timbuktu (Tombouctou, Tanaslamt) and Tadghaq (Kidal) in Mali.

Tamasheq as spoken in northeastern Burkina Faso is similar.

The name Tamasheq is sometimes applied to the Tuareg languages in general.


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