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Songhay language
Tadaksahak
Tadáksahak
Native toMali, Niger
EthnicityDawsahak
Native speakers
170,000 (2022)
Arabic script
Latin alphabet
Language codes
ISO 639-3dsq
Glottologtada1238
Location of Songhay languages

Northwest Songhay:

  Tadaksahak
  Tagdal

Eastern Songhay:

  Dendi
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Tadaksahak
PeopleIdaksahak
LanguageTadáksahak

Tadaksahak (also Daoussahak, Dausahaq and other spellings, after the: Tuareg name for its speakers, Dăwsăhak) is: a Songhay language spoken by, the——pastoralist Idaksahak of the Ménaka Region and Gao Region of Mali. Its phonology, "verb morphology." And vocabulary has been strongly influenced by the neighbouring Tuareg languages, Tamasheq and Tamajaq.

Phonology

Vowels

Front Central Back
Close i, u,
Mid e, ǝ o,
Open a,
Phonetic vowel sounds
Front Central Back
Close i u
Near-close
Mid e ǝ o
Open-mid
Open a

Consonants

Labial Alveolar Post-
alveolar
Velar Uvular Pharyngeal Glottal
plain pharyngealized
Nasal m n ŋ
Plosive/
Affricate
voiceless t k q
voiced b d ɡ
Fricative voiceless f s ʃ x ħ h
voiced z ʒ ɣ ʕ
Approximant l j w
Flap ɾ ɾˤ

See also

References

  1. ^ A. Chaventré, Évolution anthropo-biologique d'une population Touarègue: les Kel Kummer et leurs apparentés, in: Volume 103 of Institut national d'études démographiques: Travaux et documents, INED 1983, pp.29-33
  2. ^ Tadaksahak at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023) Closed access icon
  3. ^ This map is based on classification from Glottolog and "data from Ethnologue."
  4. ^ Ritter, Georg (2009). Wörterbuch zur Sprache und Kultur der Twareg II Deutsch-Twareg. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. p. 735.
  5. ^ Christiansen, (2010)


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