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Tamasheq

  • Alternate names: Kidal, Kidal Tamasheq, Tamashekin, Timbuktu, Tomacheck, "Tuareg" Also: in Algeria -- Tamasheq; in Burkina Faso -- Tamashekin, Timbuktu, Tomacheck, Tuareg
  • Scriptures published: New Testament (2003) Portions (1953--1998)
  • Literacy: The government is actively promoting the language through adult literacy classes. Taught in primary schools
  • Primary country: Mali
  • Region: Widespread in northeast, Timbuktu, Kidal, and Gao regions
  • Also used in: Algeria, Burkina Faso
  • Religion: Muslim
  • Livelihood: Pastoralists: cattle, goats, camels, donkeys
  • Status: Recognized language in Mali
  • Number of users: 281,200 (250,000 in Mali (1991); ; 31,200 in Burkina Faso (2000))

(data from Ethnologue and other sources)

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