Native to Mali, Niger, Nigeria ISO 639-3 ttq | Region Sahara Glottolog tawa1286 | |
Native speakers (640,000 cited 1991–1998) Language family Afro-Asiatic
Berber
Tuareg
Tawellemmet | ||
The Tawellemmet language (Tawəlləmmət) is one of the Tuareg languages in the Berber branch of the Afroasiatic family. It is usually classed within Tamajeq. Tawellemmet is the language of the Iwellemmeden Tuareg peoples, spoken in Mali, Niger, and parts of northern Nigeria by approximately 670,000 people.
References
Tawellemmet language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA