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Tasawaq

Tasawaq is a Songhay language spoken in Niger and Nigeria. Glottolog rates it shifting.

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Tasawaq · 16.8°N 6.9°E

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.

From Wikipedia · Tasawaq language · CC BY-SA 4.0

Words in Tasawaq

MeaningWordRomanization
personbaro*
nameman*
eyemo*
earhanga*
nosenine*
toothesan*
tongueilis*
handkamba*
bloodkuzi*
bonebinzi*
skinelam*
kneeafud7*
breastkankam*
firehuru*
sunwayna*
starat7r7i*
stonetanzi*
mountainaksuwar*
treetuguzi*
leafhanga*
nightsigi*
doghansi*
fishkifi*
lousegani*
onefo*
twohinka*
Ixay*
youni*
weiri*
drinknin*

* in the simplified ASJP transcription

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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.

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