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The TamasheqLanguage is a SouthernTamasheqLanguage of Mali. SIL code: TAQ. ISO 639-2: tmh. Population: 250,000 or more in Mali (1991). Population total all countries 270,000 or more. Region: Central, Timbuktu area, and northeast Mali. Also spoken in Algeria, Burkina Faso. Alternate names: KIDAL TAMASHEQ, TOMACHECK, TAMASHEKIN, 'TUAREG', TIMBUKTU, KIDAL. Dialects: TIMBUKTU (TOMBOUCTOU, TANASLAMT), TADHAQ (KIDAL). Comments: It may be two separate languages. The people are called 'Kel Tamasheq', the language 'Tamasheq'. The Bellah were formerly under the Tuareg economically. Investigation needed: intelligibility with dialects. The government is actively promoting the language through adult literacy classes. Language of instruction at primary level in some experimental schools. Pastoralists: cattle, goats, camels, donkeys. Muslim. Bible portions 1953-1998. Also spoken in: Burkina Faso. (Language name: TAMASHEQ, KIDAL.) Population: 20,000 to 30,000 in Burkina Faso (1991 SIL). Alternate names: TIMBUKTU, TOMACHECK, TAMASHEKIN, TUAREG. Dialects: TIMBUKTU (TOMBOUCTOU, TANASLAMT), TADGHAQ (KIDAL). Comments: The two dialects may be separate languages. People are called 'Tuareg' ('Targi', singular), language 'Tamasheq.' Muslim. Bible portions 1953.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
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