Tadaksahak

Tadaksahak
Tadáksahak
Native toMali, Niger[1]
EthnicityDawsahak
Native speakers
170,000 (2022)[2]
Arabic script
Latin alphabet
Language codes
ISO 639-3dsq
Glottologtada1238
Location of Songhay languages[3]

Northwest Songhay:

  Korandje
  Koyra Chiini
  Tadaksahak
  Tasawaq
  Tagdal

Eastern Songhay:

  Tondi Songway Kiini
  Humburi Senni
  Koyraboro Senni
  Zarma language
  Songhoyboro Ciine
  Dendi
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Tadaksahak
PeopleIdaksahak
LanguageTadáksahak

Tadaksahak (also Daoussahak, Dausahaq and other spellings, after the Tuareg name for its speakers, Dăwsăhak)[4] 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.

  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.