THZ ISO 639-3
Tamajeq, Tayart
Tamajeq Autonym
A language of Niger
- ISO 639
- thz
- Alternate Names
- Amazigh, Tamachek, Tomacheck, Touareg, Tuareg
- Autonym
- Tamajeq
- Population
- 250,000 (1998).
- Location:
- Agadez region: Arlit and Tchirozerine departments; northwest Zinder and east, southeast Tahoua regions; Maradi region: Dakoro and Mayahi departments.
- Language Status
- 4 (Educational).
- Classification
- Afro-Asiatic, Berber, Tamasheq, Southern
- Dialects
- Air (Agadez, Tamestayert, Tayart, Tayert), Tanassfarwat (Tamagarast). A member of macrolanguage Tamashek [tmh].
- Language Use
- Also use Hausa [hau]. Used as L2 by Algerian Saharan Spoken Arabic [aao], Tetserret [tez].
- Language Development
- About 16 primary schools use an experimental curriculum taught in Tamajeq for the first 3 years. French gradually introduced until it becomes the primary language of instruction. Taught in primary schools. Literature. Radio. NT: 1990.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Tamajeq, Tayart
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn]. Tifinagh (Berber) script [Tfng], called Shifinagh.
- Other Comments
- Nomadic. Muslim.
Also Spoken in
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Location: Agadez region: Arlit and Tchirozerine departments; northwest Zinder and east, southeast Tahoua regions; Maradi region: Dakoro and Mayahi departments.
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