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TamasheqLanguage

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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Instances	AfroAsiaticLanguage	An AfroAsiaticLanguage is any one of 372 languages forming a major family of languages of Africa and Asia.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
	BerberLanguage	A BerberLanguage is one of 26 languages of the AfroAsiaticLanguage family.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
	ContentBearingPhysical	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.
	Entity	The universal class of individuals. This is the root node of the ontology.
	HumanLanguage	The subclass of Languages used by Humans.
	Language	A 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.
	LinguisticExpression	This 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.
	Physical	An entity that has a location in space-time. Note that locations are themselves understood to have a location in space-time.
	SouthernTamasheqLanguage	A SouthernTamasheqLanguage is one of three closely related TamasheqLanguages of North Africa.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
	SpokenHumanLanguage	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.
	TamasheqGroupLanguage	The TamasheqGroupLanguage is one of four closely related BerberLanguages of North Africa.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
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