Tahaggart

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Tahaggart is a regional variety of the Tuareg Berber language Tamasheq, spoken by Tuareg communities in parts of the central Sahara.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Tahaggart canonical 3
Tayart Tamajeq 2
Tahaggart Tamahaq 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf language variety
regional dialect
closelyRelatedTo Tamahaq
Tamajeq
Tamasheq
endangermentStatus vulnerable
hasEthnicGroup Tuareg communities
hasLexicalRelation shares core vocabulary with other Tuareg varieties
hasMorphologicalFeature prefix and suffix conjugation patterns
rich verbal morphology
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive gemination of consonants
emphatic consonants
languageBranch Berber
languageFamily Afroasiatic languages
languageGroup Tuareg
partOf Tuareg Berber language continuum
regionType Saharan
spokenBy Tuareg people
linked to: Tuareg
spokenIn Sahara Desert region
linked to: Sahara Desert

central Sahara
linked to: Central Sahara
status minority language variety
subdivisionOf Amazigh languages
linked to: Berber languages

Berber languages
Tamasheq
Tuareg languages
linked to: Berber languages
typologicalFeature gender distinction in nouns (masculine and feminine)
use of consonantal roots and vocalic patterns
verb–subject–object word order (VSO) is common
usedFor oral communication in Tuareg communities
writingSystem Tifinagh script
linked to: Tifinagh

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tamasheq hasDialect Tahaggart
Air Tamajeq closeTo Tayart Tamajeq
linked to: Tahaggart
Azawagh Tamajeq closelyRelatedTo Tayart Tamajeq
linked to: Tahaggart
Ajjer Tamahaq hasDialectContinuumWith Tahaggart Tamahaq
linked to: Tahaggart
Ajjer Tamahaq closelyRelatedTo Tahaggart
Tamachek hasDialect Tahaggart