THV ISO 639-3
Tamahaq, Tahaggart
Tamahaq Autonym
A language of Algeria
- ISO 639
- thv
- Alternate Names
- Tamachek, Tamachek’, Tamashekin, Tamasheq, Tomachek, Touareg, Tourage, Tuareg
- Autonym
- Tamahaq
- Population
- 71,400 in Algeria (2020). Total users in all countries: 114,200.
- Location:
- Adrar and Illizi provinces; Tamanrasset province: south to Niger border in south Hoggar mountains. Southeast, Ganet area and west (Hoggar Ghat dialect).
- Language Status
- 6b* (Threatened).
- Classification
- Afro-Asiatic, Berber, Tamasheq, Northern
- Dialects
- Hoggar (Ahaggaren, Ajjer, Tahaggart), Ghat (Djanet, Ganet). A member of macrolanguage Tamashek [tmh].
- Language Use
- Most still speak the language.
- Language Development
- Grammar. Texts. Bible portions: 1948–1965.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Tamahaq, Tahaggart
- Writing
- Arabic script, Naskh variant [Arab]. Latin script [Latn]. Tifinagh (Berber) script [Tfng], called Shifinagh in Niger.
- Other Comments
- Muslim.
Also Spoken in
- Location
- Ghat and Murzuq districts; south Hoggar mountains, Tamanrasset and south (Hoggar dialect); Ganet and west Libya oases, Ghat area (Ghat dialect).
- Dialects
- Hoggar (Ahaggaren, Ajjer, Tahaggart), Ghat (Djanet, Ganet).
- Language Status
- 6b (Threatened)
- Other Comments
- Muslim. View other languages of Libya
Language Name
Tamahaq, Tahaggart
User Population
22,800 in Libya (2020).
- Location
- Agadez region: north border area.
- Dialects
- Hoggar (Ahaggaren, Ajjer, Tahaggart), Ghat (Djanet, Ganet).
- Language Status
- 6b (Threatened)
- Other Comments
- Muslim. View other languages of Niger
Language Name
Tamahaq, Tahaggart
User Population
20,000 in Niger (1998).
Map
Location: Adrar and Illizi provinces; Tamanrasset province: south to Niger border in south Hoggar mountains. Southeast, Ganet area and west (Hoggar Ghat dialect).
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