Tawellemmet language

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Tawellemmet tamajeq
Tawəlləmmət ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵌⵈ
Native toMali, Niger, Nigeria, Libya
RegionSahara, Sahel
Native speakers
801,000 (1998)[1]
Afro-Asiatic
Language codes
ISO 639-3ttq
Glottologtawa1286
Tawellemmet.svg
Location of Tawellemmet

Tawellemmet (Tawəlləmmət) is the largest of the Tuareg languages in the Berber branch of the Afroasiatic family. It is usually one of two languages classed within a language called Tamajaq, the other language being Aïr Tamajeq. Tawellemmet is the language of the Iwellemmeden Tuareg. It is spoken in Mali, Niger and parts of northern Nigeria by approximately 801,000 people.[2]

Phonology[]

Vowels[]

Front Central Back
High i u
Mid e ə o
Low-mid ɐ
Low a
  • Vowels may also be lengthened as /iː, eː, aː, oː, uː/.[3]
  • /i, a, u/ in lax form can be heard as [ɪ, æ, ʊ].

Consonants[]

Labial Alveolar Palato-
alveolar 		Palatal Velar Uvular Pharyngeal Glottal
plain phar.
Plosive voiceless t tˤ c k ʔ
voiced b d dˤ dʒ g
Fricative voiceless f s sˤ ʃ χ ħ h
voiced z zˤ ʒ ʁ
Nasal m n ŋ
Lateral l ɫ
Trill r
Approximant w j
  • Consonants may also occur as geminated.[4]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Tawellemmet tamajeq at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ "Tamajaq, Tawallammat". Ethnologue. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
  3. ^ Enguehard, Chantal; Modi, Issouf. Towards an electronic dictionary of Tamajaq language in Niger.
  4. ^ Alidou, Ousseina Dioula (1997). A Phonological Study of Language Games in Six Languages of Niger. Ann Arbor: UMI. pp. 85–88.


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