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The TahaggartTamahaqLanguage is a NorthernTamasheqLanguage of Algeria. SIL code: THV. ISO 639-2: tmh. Population: 25,000 in Algeria, including 20,000 Hoggar, 5,000 Ghat (1987). Population total all countries: 62,000. Region: Hoggar dialect in south Hoggar (Ajjer) Mountain area around Tamanghasset and south into Niger. The Ghat dialect is in southeast Algeria around Ganet and west Libyan oases around Ghat. Alternate names: TAMACHEK, TAMASHEKIN, TOMACHEK, TUAREG, TOUAREG, TOURAGE. Dialects: HOGGAR (AHAGGAREN, AJJER, TAHAGGART), GHAT (GANET, DJANET). Comments: 'Tuareg' are the people, 'Targi' is the singular, 'Tamahaq' is the language. Volcanic mountains. Inaden: blacksmiths, jewelry craftsmen. Muslim. Bible portions 1948-1965. Also spoken in: Libya. (Language name: TAMAHAQ, TAHAGGART.) Population: 17,000 in Libya (1993 Johnstone). Alternate names: TAMASHEKIN, TOURAGE, TOMACHEK, TAMACHEK, TUAREG, TOUREG. Dialects: HOGGAR (AHAGGAREN, AJJER, TAHAGGART), GHAT (GANET, DJANET). Comments: 'Tuareg' are the people ('Targi' is the singular), 'Tamahaq' is the language. Volcanic mountains. Inadan: blacksmiths, jewelry craftsmen. Muslim. Bible portions 1948-1965. Also spoken in: Niger. (Language name: TAMAHAQ, TAHAGGART.) Population: 20,000 (1998). Alternate names: TAMASHEQ, TAMACHEK, TAMASHEKIN, TOMACHEK, TUAREG, TOUAREG, TOURAGE. Dialects: HOGGAR (AHAGGAREN, AJJER, TAHAGGART), GHAT (GANET, DJANET). Comments: 'Tamahaq' is the speakers' name for their language. 'Tuareg' is an Arabic name for the people. Nomadic. Traditional script called 'Shifinagh.' Volcanic mountains. Nomadic. Inadan caste: blacksmiths, jewelry craftsmen. Muslim. Bible portions 1948-1965.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
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Instances非洲亞洲語言An AfroAsiaticLanguage is any one of 372 languages forming a major family of languages of Africa and Asia.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 柏柏爾語言A BerberLanguage is one of 26 languages of the AfroAsiaticLanguage family.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 內容承載物理Any Object or Process that expresses content. This covers Objects that contain a Proposition, such as a book, as well as ManualSignLanguage, which may similarly contain a Proposition.
 EntityThe universal class of individuals. This is the root node of the ontology.
 HumanLanguageThe subclass of Languages used by Humans.
 LanguageA system of signs for expressing thought. The system can be either natural or artificial, i.e. something that emerges gradually as a cultural artifact or something that is intentionally created by a person or group of people.
 LinguisticExpressionThis is the subclass of ContentBearingPhysical which are language-related. Note that this Class encompasses both Language and the the elements of Languages, e.g. Words.
 北部的tamasheq語言The only TamasheqGroupLanguage classified as a NorthernTamasheqLanguage is the TahaggartTamahaqLanguage of Algeria.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 PhysicalAn entity that has a location in space-time. Note that locations are themselves understood to have a location in space-time.
 口語人類語言A SpokenHumanLanguage is a HumanLanguage which has as its medium the human voice. It can also be represented visually through writing, although not all SpokenHumanLanguages have a codified written form.
 tamasheq集團的語言The TamasheqGroupLanguage is one of four closely related BerberLanguages of North Africa.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
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