Tadaksahak
Tadaksahak is a Songhay language spoken in Algeria and Mali, by about 100 thousand people.
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Tadaksahak (also Daoussahak, Dausahaq and other spellings, after the Tuareg name for its speakers, Dăwsăhak) is a Songhay language spoken by the pastoralist Idaksahak of the Ménaka Region and Gao Region of Mali. Its phonology, verb morphology and vocabulary has been strongly influenced by the neighbouring Tuareg languages, Tamasheq and Tamajaq.
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Words in Tadaksahak
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | bora* | |
| name | man* | |
| eye | mo* | |
| ear | hanga* | |
| nose | tinzar* | |
| tooth | eSan* | |
| tongue | il3s* | |
| hand | kamba* | |
| blood | kuden* | |
| bone | bidi* | |
| skin | kuru* | |
| knee | afud* | |
| breast | afaf* | |
| liver | taSa* | |
| water | aryen | |
| fire | huru* | |
| sun | wayni* | |
| star | atri* | |
| stone | t7ondi* | |
| mountain | t7ondi* | |
| tree | tugudu* | |
| leaf | ala* | |
| night | ciTi* | |
| dog | hanSi* | |
| fish | amanana* | |
| louse | geni* | |
| one | foda* | |
| two | hinka* | |
| I | axay* | |
| you | nin* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
- TasawaqSonghay55% alike
- Koyra ChiiniSonghay47% alike
- Koyraboro SenniSonghay43% alike
- ZarmaSonghay43% alike
- Dendi (Benin)Songhay36% alike
- Humburi Senni SonghaySonghay34% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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