Air Tamajeq language

Tamajeq Tayart
Tamajeq Tayart
Tamajeq
Native to	Niger
Region	Sahara
Ethnicity	Tuareg
Native speakers	480,000 (2021)
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Berber Tuareg Southern Tamajeq Tayart; ; ; ;
Dialects	Air (Tayiṛt); Tanassfarwat (Tamagarast);
Writing system	Latin ; Tifinagh
Language codes
ISO 639-3	thz
Glottolog	taya1257

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.

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