Tasawaq
Tasawaq is a Songhay language spoken in Niger and Nigeria. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Tasawaq (Tuareg name: Tesăwăq), sometimes also called Ingelshi, is a Northern Songhay language spoken by the Issawaghan or Ingalkoyyu, a community surrounding the town of In-Gall in Niger. A closely related variety called Emghedeshie was spoken in Agadez but is now extinct.
It shares some similarities with Berber languages, e.g. Tamasheq. For example in both languages, the grammatical gender of a noun is female if it begins and ends with the letter t.
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Words in Tasawaq
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | baro* | |
| name | man* | |
| eye | mo* | |
| ear | hanga* | |
| nose | nine* | |
| tooth | esan* | |
| tongue | ilis* | |
| hand | kamba* | |
| blood | kuzi* | |
| bone | binzi* | |
| skin | elam* | |
| knee | afud7* | |
| breast | kankam* | |
| fire | huru* | |
| sun | wayna* | |
| star | at7r7i* | |
| stone | tanzi* | |
| mountain | aksuwar* | |
| tree | tuguzi* | |
| leaf | hanga* | |
| night | sigi* | |
| dog | hansi* | |
| fish | kifi* | |
| louse | gani* | |
| one | fo* | |
| two | hinka* | |
| I | xay* | |
| you | ni* | |
| we | iri* | |
| drink | nin* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- TadaksahakSonghay55% alike
- Koyra ChiiniSonghay44% alike
- ZarmaSonghay40% alike
- Koyraboro SenniSonghay40% alike
- Dendi (Benin)Songhay38% alike
- KorandjeSonghay35% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
Glottolog · tasa1240 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · twq