Tasawaq language

Sawaq
Sawaq
Person	Asawagh / Ingalkoy
People	Isawaghan / Ingalkoyyu
Language	Tasawaq / Ingelshi

Tasawaq
Tasawaq
Tásàwàq
Native to	Niger
Region	Agadez
Ethnicity	Isawaghan/Ingalkoyyu
Native speakers	21,000 (2021)
Language family	Nilo-Saharan? Songhay Northern Tasawaq; ; ;
Dialects	Ingelshi; Emghedeshie;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	twq
Glottolog	tasa1240
ELP	Tasawaq
	Location of Songhay languages; Northwest Songhay: Korandje Koyra Chiini Tadaksahak Tasawaq Tagdal Eastern Songhay: Tondi Songway Kiini Humburi Senni Koyraboro Senni Zarma language Songhoyboro Ciine Dendi

Tasawaq (Tuareg name: Tesăwăq), sometimes also called Ingelshi, is a Northern Songhay language spoken by the Issawaghan or Ingalkoyyu, a community surrounding the town of In-Gall in Niger. A closely related variety called Emghedeshie was spoken in Agadez but is now extinct.

It shares some similarities with Berber languages, e.g. Tamasheq. For example in both languages, the grammatical gender of a noun is female if it begins and ends with the letter t.

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