Tuareg
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The Tuareg language is a group of closely related Amazigh languages and dialects spoken primarily across the Sahara Desert region of North Africa. It matters because it represents an important part of the cultural and linguistic heritage of the Tuareg people, a traditionally nomadic group with a distinct identity and history in the region.
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Key facts
- Geographic distribution
- Sahara and Sahel
- Ethnicity
- Tuareg
- Native speakers
- 2.9 million (2021–2024)
- Linguistic classification
- Afro-Asiatic Berber Tuareg
- Subdivisions
- Tamahaq Tamasheq Air Tamajeq Tawellemmet
- Iso 639 2 5
- tmh
- Iso 639 3
- tmh
- Glottolog
- tuar1240
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
The Tuareg languages ( English: /ˈtwɑːrɛɡ/) 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 smaller communities, such as the Kinnin in Chad, and northern Darfur in Sudan.
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