Endangered Languages Project - Tahaggart Tamahaq

Tahaggart Tamahaq

^{[aka Tamahaq (Tahaggart), Tamachek, Tamashekin]}

Classification: Afro-Asiatic

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vulnerable

ALSO KNOWN AS		Tamahaq (Tahaggart), Tamachek, Tamashekin, Tomachek, Tuareg, Touareg, Tourage, Toureg, Tamasheq, Tamahaq, Tahaggart
CLASSIFICATION		Afro-Asiatic, Berber
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		thv
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Ghat Hoggar
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

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Information from: “Language Endangerment in Northern Africa” (123-139 ch. 6) . Matthias Brenzinger (2007) , Matthias Brenzinger · Mouton de Gruyter

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
62,000
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
62,000

GOVERNMENT SUPPORT: Algeria: "Amazigh language(s) are national languages."

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
62,000
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"25,000 in Algeria (1987). Includes 20,000 Hoggar, 5,000 Ghat. Population total all countries: 62,000."

Scripts (Writing system): Arabic
More on Orthography: For more information, see ScriptSource page: http://goo.gl/r22Pc

PLACES: Niger; Libya; Algeria;

At risk

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
137,000
Native speakers worldwide

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
62,000
Native speakers worldwide

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Information from: “The World Atlas of Language Structures” . Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer · Oxford University Press