What do Tuareg people speak?
Tamashek is the language of the Tuareg, who often call themselves the Kel Tamagheq, or Tamashek speakers. The language is also spoken in Algeria and Mali and possesses its own writing, called tifinagh, which is in widespread use.
Is Touareg a language?
Tuareg dialects belong to the South Berber group and are sometimes regarded as a single language (as for instance by Karl-Gottfried Prasse). They are distinguished mainly by a few sound shifts (notably affecting the pronunciation of original z and h).
What does Tuareg mean?
Definition of Tuareg : a member of a nomadic people of the central and western Sahara and along the middle Niger from Tombouctou to Nigeria.
Who are Bedouins and Tuaregs?
The Tuaregs are part of the Berber group of people, they are mostly muslims who live in these places. Reasons for adapting modern lifestyle : Bedouins, nomadic lifestyle means they don’t stay in a place for a very long time they move from one place to other in a single area.
What is another name for the Tamashek language?
Other alternative names for Tamashek include Tamachen, Tamashekin, and Tomacheck. There are divergent views regarding Tamashek’s dialect divisions. Some report two main dialects, named Timbuktu and Tadhaq.
What are the two main morphological processes of Tamashek?
Tamashek’s two main morphological processes are ablaut and affixation, with the former permeat [ing] the language. Many processes also undergo a combination of the two.:21
Are Tamashek nouns underived?
Most of Tamashek nouns are underived, although some are derived by “some combination of ablaut and prefixation.” For example, the noun t-æ-s-ȁnan-t, which means ‘oxpecker,’ is prefixally derived from the causative verb æ̀ss-onæn ‘tame, break in animal’ with its -s- prefix.
How many dialects are there in Malian Tamashek?
There are divergent views regarding Tamashek’s dialect divisions. Some report two main dialects, named Timbuktu and Tadhaq. Others take there to be roughly three main divisions of Malian Tamashek::6
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