2007-02-15 06:17:25 · 8 answers · asked by fitzberg 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
The Tuareg speak a language called Tamasheq. It is one of the four Berber languages (the others being Northern Berber, Awjilah-Sokna, and Zenati).
2007-02-15 06:24:00 · answer #1 · answered by Taivo 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
The Tuareg speak Tamajaq/Tamasheq/Tamahaq, a southern Berber language having several dialects among the different regions. Berber is an Afro-Asiatic language closely related to Pharaohnic Egyptian and Semitic. The language is called Tamasheq by western Tuareg in Mali, Tamahaq among Algerian and Libyan Tuareg, and Tamajaq in the Azawagh and Aïr regions, Niger. The Tamajaq writing system, Tifinagh (also called Shifinagh), descends directly from the original Berber script used by the Numidians in pre-Roman times.
2007-02-15 06:20:48 · answer #2 · answered by scareyd 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The Tuareg speak Tamasheq, a Berber language.
I know you didn't ask this, but all the same, I thought you might be interested to know that they have their own alphabet, Tifinagh. I bought a chart of Tifinagh last year when I was in Morocco and, according to the chart, o = a; O = r; Q = r (strongly rolled); I = n; И = i; + = t; E = d (emphatic). Those are the only ones I can produce on this keyboard. The alphabet appears to lack the sounds o , p and v , but has plenty of sounds that don't occur in English.
2007-02-16 14:26:41 · answer #3 · answered by deedsallan 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-09-29 03:58:50 · answer #4 · answered by guyden 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a dialect of VolksWaggion
2007-02-15 06:22:08 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Tuaregese of course.
2007-02-15 06:20:48 · answer #6 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Who?? Lol
2007-02-15 23:10:17 · answer #7 · answered by Sophiee 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Jeez, I dunno, but even more puzzling ... what "languague" do YOU WRITE? (I'll bet some of them speak English, don't you?)
2007-02-15 06:26:37 · answer #8 · answered by yahoohoo 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋