Language · ISO 639-3 tmh
Tamashek Language الطوارق
Tamashek is a language spoken by about 1.4 million people in 2 countries. It is written in the Latin, Perso-Arabic and Tifinagh scripts.
Where Tamashek is spoken
- Official language
- Regional official
- Spoken by 10%+
- 1–10%
- Smaller communities
About the Tamashek language
Tamashek (الطوارق) is spoken by about 1.4 million people.
Where is Tamashek spoken?
Tamashek is used in 2 countries. The largest communities live in Niger (1.6 million) and Mali (461,802).
Share of the population that speaks Tamashek: Niger 6% (1.6 million) and Mali 2.1% (461,802).
Tamashek is not a national official language anywhere.
Writing system and status
Tamashek is written in the Latin, Perso-Arabic and Tifinagh scripts.
ISO codes: ISO 639-3 tmh.
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Data: Languages of the World dataset (MIT) — ISO 639-3, Glottolog (CC BY 4.0), Unicode CLDR, Google LinguaMeta (CC BY 4.0) and Wikidata; country lists: samayo/country-json (MIT). Speaker numbers include first- and second-language speakers where sources report them.