TWQ ISO 639-3
Tasawaq
Ingalkoyyu’ Autonym
A language of Niger
- ISO 639
- twq
- Alternate Names
- Ingelshi
- Autonym
- Ingalkoyyu’
- Population
- 19,300 (2019).
- Location:
- Agadez region: In-Gall and Teguidda-In-Tessoumt.
- Language Status
- 6a* (Vigorous).
- Classification
- Nilo-Saharan, Songhai, Northern
- Dialects
- None known. Reportedly similar to Tagdal [tda], Tadaksahak [dsq] of Mali, and Korandje [kcy] of Algeria.
- Typology
- SVO; tonal (3 tones - high, low, falling).
- Language Use
- Most also use Hausa [hau] (Kossmann 2007). Most also use Tawallammat Tamajaq [ttq] (Kossmann 2007).
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Tasawaq
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn].
- Other Comments
- Shares Songhay and Tamajaq features. Muslim.
Also Spoken in
Map
Location: Agadez region: In-Gall and Teguidda-In-Tessoumt.
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