Air Tamajeq language

Tamajeq Tayart
Tayiṛt
ⵜⵢⵔⵜ
تَایِیرْتْ
Native toNiger
RegionSahara
EthnicityTuareg
Native speakers
480,000 (2021)[1]
Dialects
  • Air (Tayiṛt)
  • Tanassfarwat (Tamagarast)
Latin
Tifinagh
Arabic (Innislamen)
Language codes
ISO 639-3thz
Glottologtaya1257

Air Tamajeq (Tayiṛt) is a variety of Tuareg. It is spoken by the Tuareg people inhabiting the Aïr Mountains of the Agadez Region in Niger.

Ethnologue lists two dialects: Air (Tayert) and Tanassfarwat (Tamagarast/Tamesgrest). Blench (2006) considers these two varieties to be distinct languages. He lists Ingal and Gofat as dialects of Air/Tayirt and Azerori as a dialect of Tamesgrest.

  1. ^ Tamajeq Tayart at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023) Closed access icon

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