Tadaksahak
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Tadaksahak (also Daoussahak, Dausahaq and other spellings, after the Tuareg name for its speakers, Dăwsăhak) is a Songhay language spoken by the pastoralist Idaksahak of the Ménaka Region and Gao Region of Mali. Its phonology, verb morphology and vocabulary has been strongly influenced by the neighbouring Tuareg languages, Tamasheq and Tamajaq.
Key facts
- Language.iso3
- dsq
- Language.name
- Tadaksahak
- Language.states
- Mali, Niger
- Language.ethnicity
- Dawsahak
- Language.script
- Arabic script Latin alphabet
- Language.date
- 2022
- Language.ref
- e26
- Language.familycolor
- Nilo-Saharan
- Language.fam2
- Songhay
- Language.fam3
- Northern
- Language.glotto
- tada1238
- Language.glottorefname
- Tadaksahak
- Language.notice
- IPA
- Language.map
- Songhay languages.svg
- Language.mapcaption
- Location of Songhay languages Northwest Songhay: Eastern Songhay:
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Phonology
- Vowels
- Consonants
- See also
- Notes
- References
Tadaksahak (also Daoussahak, Dausahaq and other spellings, after the Tuareg name for its speakers, Dăwsăhak) is a Songhay language spoken by the pastoralist Idaksahak of the Ménaka Region and Gao Region of Mali. Its phonology, verb morphology and vocabulary has been strongly influenced by the neighbouring Tuareg languages, Tamasheq and Tamajaq.
==Phonology==
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