Tawellemmet | |
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Tawəlləmmət | |
Native to | Mali, Niger, Nigeria |
Region | Sahara |
Native speakers
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(640,000 cited 1991–1998) |
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ISO 639-3 |
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Glottolog | tawa1286 |
Tawellemmet (Tawəlləmmət) is one 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 being Aïr Tamajeq. Tawellemmet is the language of the Iwellemmeden Tuareg peoples, spoken in Mali, Niger and parts of northern Nigeria by approximately 670,000 people.