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- Afroasiatic
- Berber
- Tamasheq
ISO 639-3 · taqtaq
Afroasiatic family
Tamasheq
ⵜⵎⴰⵂⵈ
Tamasheq is a language of the Berber branch (Afroasiatic), spoken in Mali, Burkina Faso, Algeria and Niger. Wikidata counts 500,000 first-language speakers (2023).
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
taq- Glottocode
tama1365- Family
- Afroasiatic
- EGIDS
- 5 Developing
- UNESCO
- Definitely endangered
- Centre point
- 18.97, 1.53
- Wikipedia
- 28 language editions
500,000first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
4countries
2scripts
2levels in the tree
5EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Tamasheq · ⵜⵎⴰⵂⵈ |
|---|---|
| Also called | Tamasheq language, tsk, taq, Tamashek, Tamashek language |
| L1 speakers | 500,000 (2023) |
| Written in | Tifinagh, Latin script |
| Official in | Mali |
Vitality
EGIDS 5 Developing5
Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Definitely endangered
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Afroasiatic to Tamasheq
The branches above Tamasheq, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Mali
araArabicAfroasiatic · 315.4 mSafefraFrenchIndo-European · 285.4 m0 · InternationalnqoN'KoNiger–Congo · 27 m9 · Second language onlyfulFulaNiger–Congo · 24 mSafemosMooréNiger–Congo · 7.6 m3 · Wider CommunicationfucPulaarNiger–Congo · 4.5 m5 · DevelopingbamBambaraNiger–Congo · 4.2 m4 · EducationalmeyHassaniya ArabicAfroasiatic · 3.8 m3 · Wider CommunicationmyqManinkaNiger–Congo · 3.3 mdyuDyulaNiger–Congo · 2.7 m3 · Wider Communication