Air Tamajeq language
Tuareg Berber language of Niger / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Air Tamajeq (Tayiṛt) is a variety of Tuareg. It is spoken by the Tuareg people inhabiting the Aïr Mountains of the Agadez Region in Niger.
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Tamajeq Tayart | |
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Tayiṛt ⵜⵢⵔⵜ تَایِیرْتْ | |
Native to | Niger |
Region | Sahara |
Ethnicity | Tuareg |
Native speakers | 480,000 (2021)[1] |
Dialects |
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Latin Tifinagh Arabic (Innislamen) | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | thz |
Glottolog | taya1257 |
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Ethnologue lists two dialects: Air (Tayert) and Tanassfarwat (Tamagarast/Tamesgrest). Blench (2006) considers these two varieties to be distinct languages. He lists Ingal and Gofat as dialects of Air/Tayirt and Azerori as a dialect of Tamesgrest.