Ahaggar Tamahaq

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Ahaggar Tamahaq is a regional variety of the Tuareg Berber language traditionally spoken by Tuareg communities in Algeria’s Ahaggar (Hoggar) region.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Ahaggar Tamahaq canonical 1
Ahaggar region 1
Tamahaq of Ahaggar 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Tuareg language variety
language variety
associatedPeople Kel Ahaggar
belongsToBranch Northern Berber
closelyRelatedTo Tamajeq
Tamasheq
endangeredStatus vulnerable
geographicDistribution Ahaggar Mountains
southern Algeria
glottologClassification Tuareg
hasAlternativeName Hoggar Tamahaq
Tamahaq of Ahaggar
linked to: Ahaggar Tamahaq
hasAncestor Proto-Berber
Proto-Tuareg
linked to: Proto-Berber
hasDialectalVariationWith other Tuareg varieties in Niger and Mali
hasFeature emphatic consonants
gendered nouns (masculine and feminine)
prefix and suffix conjugation of verbs
rich consonant inventory
root-and-pattern morphology
subject–verb–object word order (SVO)
verb–subject–object word order (VSO)
isSpokenTraditionally by nomadic and semi-nomadic groups
languageFamily Afroasiatic languages
Berber languages
Tuareg languages
minorityLanguageIn Algeria
partOf Tuareg Berber language
region Sahara
linked to: Sahara Desert
spokenBy Ahaggar Tuareg communities
linked to: Tuareg

Tuareg
spokenIn Ahaggar region
Algeria
Hoggar region
linked to: Hoggar Mountains
subclassOf Northern Tuareg
linked to: Tuareg

Tamahaq
Tuareg languages
linked to: Berber languages
usedFor oral communication
storytelling
traditional poetry
writingSystem Latin alphabet
Tifinagh

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Tamahaq hasDialect Ahaggar Tamahaq
Ajjer Tamahaq spokenIn Ahaggar region
linked to: Ahaggar Tamahaq
Ahaggar Tamahaq hasAlternativeName Tamahaq of Ahaggar
linked to: Ahaggar Tamahaq