| Tawellemmet | |
|---|---|
| Tawəlləmmət ⵜⵓⵍⵎⵓⵜ تَاوَلَّمَّتْ | |
| Native to | Mali, Niger[1] |
| Region | Sahara |
| Ethnicity | Tuareg |
Native speakers | 1.3 million (2021–2022)[1] |
| Arabic alphabet Latin Tifinagh | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | ttq |
| Glottolog | tawa1286 |
 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 1.3 million people with the largest number of speakers in Niger at 829,000 people.[2]
- ^ a b Tawellemmet at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024)
- ^ "Tamajaq, Tawallammat". Ethnologue. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
