Tetserret language

Tetserret
Tin Sert
Tətsərret
Native toNiger
RegionSahara
EthnicityAit-Awari
Native speakers
2,000 (2017)[1]
Unwritten
Language codes
ISO 639-3tez
Glottologtets1235
ELPTetserret

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]

  1. ^ Tetserret at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023) Closed access icon
  2. ^ Lux 2011, pp. 21, 40.
  3. ^ Lux 2011, p. 21.
  4. ^ Walentowitz & Attayoub 2001, p. 28.