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TTQ ISO 639-3

Tamajaq, Tawallammat

Tamajaq Autonym

A language of Niger

ISO 639
ttq
Alternate Names
Amazigh, Tahoua, Tahoua Tamajeq, Tamachek, Tamashekin, Tamasheq, Tewellemet, Tomacheck, Touareg, Tourage, Tuareg
Autonym
Tamajaq
Population
450,000 in Niger (1998). Total users in all countries: 870,000.
Location:
Agadez region: Tchirozerine department; Dosso region: Dogondoutchi department; northwest Maradi region; Tahoua and Tillabéri regions. Central Tahoua from Ingal to Mali border (eastern dialect); west, north and northwest of Niamey (western dialect).
Language Status
5 (Developing). Recognized language (1999, Constitution, Article 3).
Classification
Afro-Asiatic, Berber, Tamasheq, Southern
Dialects
Tawallammat Tan Dannag (Ioullemmeden), Tawallammat Tan Ataram. A member of macrolanguage Tamashek [tmh].
Language Use
Some children in urban areas no longer speak Tamajaq. Home, market, commerce, some schools. Used by all. Positive attitudes. Used as L2 by Tagdal [tda], Tasawaq [twq].
Language Development
Slowly growing interest in literacy. About 16 primary schools use experimental curriculum taught in Tamajaq for the first 3 years. French gradually introduced until it becomes the primary language of instruction. Taught in primary schools. Literature. Radio. NT: 2016.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Tamajaq, Tawallammat
Writing
Arabic script, Naskh variant [Arab]. Latin script [Latn]. Tifinagh (Berber) script [Tfng], called Shifinagh in Niger.
Other Comments
Muslim.

Also Spoken in

Language Name
Tamajaq
User Population
420,000 in Mali (2018).
Location
Gao region: Menaka circle.
Dialects
Tawallammet Tan Dannag (Ioullemmeden), Tawallammat Tan Ataram.
Language Status
6a (Vigorous)
Other Comments
Muslim.
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Language Name
Tamajaq, Tawallammat
User Population
Few in Nigeria.
Location
Sokoto state.
Dialects
Ioullemmeden.
Language Status
5 (Developing)
Other Comments
Non-indigenous. Seasonal migrants and laborers. No resident villages. May be the eastern, not western, dialect in Nigeria. Muslim.
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Map

Location: Agadez region: Tchirozerine department; Dosso region: Dogondoutchi department; northwest Maradi region; Tahoua and Tillabéri regions. Central Tahoua from Ingal to Mali border (eastern dialect); west, north and northwest of Niamey (western dialect).