Tawellemmet language
| Tawellemmet | |
|---|---|
| Tawəlləmmət | |
| Native to | Mali, Niger, Nigeria |
| Region | Sahara |
Native speakers | (640,000 cited 1991–1998)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
ttq |
| Glottolog |
tawa1286[2] |
The Tawellemmet (Tawəlləmmət) language is a member of the Tuareg branch of the Berber languages, usually classed within Tamajeq. It is the language of the Iwellemmeden Tuareg peoples, spoken in Mali, Niger, and parts of northern Nigeria by approximately 670,000 people.
See also
References
- ↑ Tawellemmet at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Tawallammat Tamajaq". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
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