DSQ ISO 639-3
Tadaksahak
Idaksahak Autonym
A language of Mali
- ISO 639
- dsq
- Alternate Names
- Daosahaq, Daoussahaq, Daoussak, Dausahaq, Dawsahaq
- Autonym
- Idaksahak
- Population
- 158,000 in Mali (2018), increasing. 70,000 youth are monolingual. Total users in all countries: 159,800.
- Location:
- Gao region: Menaka circle, west into Ansongo circle. Menaka is principal town.
- Language Status
- 6a (Vigorous).
- Classification
- Nilo-Saharan, Songhai, Northern
- Dialects
- No major dialects. Closely related to Tagdal [tda] (Niger), Tasawaq [twq] (Niger), and Korandje [kcy] (Algeria). Northern Songhay Languages share features from Songhay languages and Tamasheq [taq].
- Typology
- SVO; stress system.
- Language Use
- Vigorous. Used by all. Positive attitudes. Some also use Tamasheq [taq], although women and children in isolated encampments understand very little.
- Language Development
- Literacy rate in L1: 0% (2007 M. Almaki). Literacy rate in L2: 0% (2007 M. Almaki). Literature. Grammar.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Tadaksahak
- Writing
- Arabic script, Naskh variant [Arab]. Latin script [Latn].
- Other Comments
- Shares culture with Tamasheq [taq].
Also Spoken in
- Location
- Tamanrasset province.
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Algeria
Language Name
Tadaksahak
User Population
1,800 in Algeria (1983 Nicolai). Mainly young people in search of work.
Map
Location: Gao region: Menaka circle, west into Ansongo circle. Menaka is principal town.
Size and Vitality
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