Tasawaq language

Sawaq
Sawaq
Person	Asawagh / Ingalkoy
People	Isawaghan / Ingalkoyyu
Language	Tasawaq / Ingelshi

Tasawaq
Tasawaq
Tásàwàq
Native to	Niger
Ethnicity	Isawaghan/Ingalkoyyu
Native speakers	8,000 (1998)
Language family	Nilo-Saharan? Songhay Northern Tasawaq; ; ;
Dialects	Ingelshi; Emghedeshie;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	twq
Glottolog	tasa1240
ELP	Tasawaq
	Location of Songhay languages; Northwest Songhay: Korandje Koyra Chiini Tadaksahak Tasawaq Tagdal Eastern Songhay: Tondi Songway Kiini Humburi Senni Koyraboro Senni Zarma language Songhoyboro Ciine Dendi

Tasawaq (Tuareg name: Tesăwăq),^[3] 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.^[4]^[5] A closely related variety called Emghedeshie was spoken in Agadez but is now extinct.

Like other Northern Songhay languages, it has been strongly influenced by neighbouring Tuareg languages.^{[citation needed]}

References[]

^ Tasawaq at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
^ This map is based on classification from Glottolog and data from Ethnologue.
^ Ritter, Georg (2009). Wörterbuch zur Sprache und Kultur der Twareg II Deutsch-Twareg. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. p. 735.
^ Michael J. Rueck; Niels Christiansen. Northern Songhay languages in Mali and Niger, a sociolinguistic survey. Summer Institute of Linguistics (1999).
^ Catherine Taine-Cheikh. [Les langues parlées au sud Sahara et au nord Sahel http://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-00456346/]. De l'Atlantique à l'Ennedi (Catalogue de l'exposition « Sahara-Sahel »), Centre Culturel Français d'Abidjan (Ed.) (1989) 155–173

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[e18-1] Tasawaq at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)

[2] This map is based on classification from Glottolog and data from Ethnologue.

[3] Ritter, Georg (2009). Wörterbuch zur Sprache und Kultur der Twareg II Deutsch-Twareg. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. p. 735.

[RueckChristiansen1999-4] Michael J. Rueck; Niels Christiansen. Northern Songhay languages in Mali and Niger, a sociolinguistic survey. Summer Institute of Linguistics (1999).

[tainecheikh1989-5] Catherine Taine-Cheikh. [Les langues parlées au sud Sahara et au nord Sahel http://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-00456346/]. De l'Atlantique à l'Ennedi (Catalogue de l'exposition « Sahara-Sahel »), Centre Culturel Français d'Abidjan (Ed.) (1989) 155–173

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show v t Languages of Niger
Official language	French
National languages	Arabic Buduma Fulfulde Gurma Hausa Kanuri Songhai Tassawaq Toubou Tamajeq Zarma
Other languages	Air Tamajeq Chadian Arabic Daza Kaado Tamahaq
Immigrant languages	English French Arabic Chinese Japanese

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Northern	Tadaksahak Tagdal Korandje Tasawaq
Southern	Dendi Humburi Senni Kaado Koyra Chiini Koyraboro Senni Tondi Kiini Zarma

Tasawaq
Tásàwàq
Native to	Niger
Ethnicity	Isawaghan/Ingalkoyyu
Native speakers	8,000 (1998)^[1]
Language family	Nilo-Saharan? Songhay Northern Tasawaq
Dialects	Ingelshi Emghedeshie
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`twq`
Glottolog	`tasa1240`
ELP	Tasawaq
Location of Songhay languages^[2] Northwest Songhay: Korandje Koyra Chiini Tadaksahak Tasawaq Tagdal Eastern Songhay: Tondi Songway Kiini Humburi Senni Koyraboro Senni Zarma language Songhoyboro Ciine Dendi