| Tetserret | |
|---|---|
| Tin Sert | |
| Tətsərret | |
| Native to | Niger |
| Region | Sahara |
| Ethnicity | Ait-Awari |
Native speakers | 2,000 (2017)[1] |
| Unwritten | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | tez |
| Glottolog | tets1235 |
| ELP | Tetserret |
Tetserret (Tin-Sert) is a Western Berber language spoken by the Ait-Awari and Kel Eghlal Tuareg tribes of the Akoubounou (Akabinu) commune in Niger. This main speech area is located between Abalak, Akoubounou and Shadwanka.[2] The variant spoken by the Kel Eghlal is called taməsəɣlalt. The Tamasheq equivalent šin-sart / šin-sar / tin-sar is used in some older literature.[3] Popular understanding among some Ait-Awari derives the name tet-serret, and its Tamasheq equivalent šin-sart, from expressions meaning 'the (language) of Sirte'.[4]
- ^ Tetserret at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023)
- ^ Lux 2011, pp. 21, 40.
- ^ Lux 2011, p. 21.
- ^ Walentowitz & Attayoub 2001, p. 28.
