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  TawallammatTamasheqLanguage

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tawallammat tamasheq language
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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Instancesafro asiatic languageAn AfroAsiaticLanguage is any one of 372 languages forming a major family of languages of Africa and Asia.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 berber languageA BerberLanguage is one of 26 languages of the AfroAsiaticLanguage family.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 content bearing physicalAny 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.
 human languageThe 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.
 linguistic expressionThis 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.
 physicalAn entity that has a location in space-time. Note that locations are themselves understood to have a location in space-time.
 southern tamasheq languageA SouthernTamasheqLanguage is one of three closely related TamasheqLanguages of North Africa.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 spoken human languageA 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 group languageThe TamasheqGroupLanguage is one of four closely related BerberLanguages of North Africa.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
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