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Tuareg languages
| Tamashek | |
|---|---|
| Geographic distribution | Sahara and Sahel |
| Ethnicity | Tuareg |
Native speakers | 2.8 million (2020–2022)[1] |
| Linguistic classification | Afro-Asiatic
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| Subdivisions |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-2 / 5 | tmh |
| ISO 639-3 | tmh |
| Glottolog | tuar1240 |
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The Tuareg (English: /ˈtwɑːrɛɡ/) languages constitute a group of closely related Berber languages and dialects. They are spoken by the Tuareg Berbers in large parts of Mali, Niger, Algeria, Libya, and Burkina Faso, with a few speakers, the Kinnin, in Chad.[2]
- ^ Tamashek at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024)
- ^ Monique Jay, "Quelques éléments sur les Kinnin d’Abbéché (Tchad)". Études et Documents Berbères 14 (1996), 199–212 (ISSN 0295-5245 ISBN 2-85744-972-0).
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