(documentation TawallammatTamasheqLanguage EnglishLanguage "The TawallammatTamasheqLanguage is a SouthernTamasheqLanguage of Niger. SIL code: TTQ. ISO 639-2: tmh. Population: 450,000 in Niger (1998). Population total all countries: 640,000. Region: The eastern dialect is in central Niger, around Tahoua from Ingal to the Mali border. The western dialect is in western Niger, north and northwest of Niamey and in eastern Mali, Menaka region. Alternate names: TAMASHEQ, TAMACHEK, TOMACHECK, TAMASHEKIN, TUAREG, TOUAREG, TOURAGE, AMAZIGH, TAHOUA, TEWELLEMET, TAHOUA TAMAJEQ. Dialects: TAWALLAMMAT TAN DANNAG (IOULLEMMEDEN), TAWALLAMMAT TAN ATARAM. Comments: 'Tuareg' is an Arabic name for the people. They call their language 'Tamajaq' and themselves 'Kel Tamajaq'. Nomadic. National language. Traditional script called 'Shifinagh.' Radio programs. Pastoralists, agriculturalists. Muslim. Bible portions 1979-1985. Also spoken in: Mali. (Language name: TAMAJAQ.) Population: 190,000 in Mali (1991). Alternate names: TAMAJEQ, TAMASHEQ, TOMACHECK, TAMASHEKIN, 'TUAREG', 'TOURAGE', TAHOUA, TAJAG. Dialects: TAWALLAMMET TAN DANNAG (IOULLEMMEDEN), TAWALLAMMAT TAN ATARAM. Comments: The people call themselves 'Kal Tamajaq.' Muslim. Bible portions 1979-1985. Also spoken in: Nigeria. Language name: TAMAJAQ, TAWALLAMMAT. Population: Few in Nigeria. Alternate names: TAMASHEQ, TOMACHECK, TAHOUA TAMAJEQ, TUAREG, BUZU, AZBINAWA. Dialects: IOULLEMMEDEN. Comments: It may be the eastern rather than the western dialect in Nigeria. Only seasonal migrants and laborers. No resident villages. Muslim. Bible portions 1979-1985.(extract from http:/ / www.ethnologue.com/ )") |
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