Alternate Names: Amazigh, Tamachek, Tomacheck, Touareg, Tuareg
Dialects: Air (Agadez, Tamestayert, Tayart, Tayert), Tanassfarwat (Tamagarast). A member of macrolanguage Tamashek ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 250,000 (1998).
Language Use: Also use Hausa [hau]. Used as L2 by Algerian Saharan Spoken Arabic [aao].
Language Development: About 16 primary schools use an experimental curriculum taught in Tamajeq for the first 3 years. French gradually introduced until it becomes the primary language of instruction. Taught in primary schools. Radio programs. NT: 1990.
Writing System: Latin, Tifinagh (Berber)
Nation of Origin: Niger
Other Comments: Nomadic. Muslim.