Air Tamajeq

E727095

Air Tamajeq is a variety of the Tuareg Berber language spoken primarily by communities in the Aïr region of Niger.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Air Tamajeq canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Berber language variety ⓘ
Northern Songhay–influenced language variety ⓘ
Tuareg language variety ⓘ
closeTo Tamahaq ⓘ
Tamasheq ⓘ
Tayart Tamajeq ⓘ
linked to: Tahaggart
continent Africa ⓘ
country Niger ⓘ
domain language ⓘ
endangeredStatus vulnerable ⓘ
ethnicGroup Tuareg ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Air Tamajeq language ⓘ
linked to: Tamasheq

Tamajeq of Aïr ⓘ
linked to: Kel Aïr Tuareg
hasDialects varieties associated with different Kel Air tribes ⓘ
hasGrammaticalFeature marked aspect and mood in the verb system ⓘ
prepositions preceding noun phrases ⓘ
two grammatical genders ⓘ
hasLexicalInfluenceFrom Arabic ⓘ
Hausa ⓘ
Songhay languages ⓘ
hasMorphologicalFeature gender distinction in nouns ⓘ
plural formation with internal vowel change ⓘ
root-and-pattern morphology ⓘ
hasNumeralSystem decimal ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature contrast between long and short vowels ⓘ
emphatic consonants ⓘ
hasSyntacticFeature verb–subject–object basic word order tendency ⓘ
ISO639Status covered under Tuareg macrolanguage codes ⓘ
languageBranch Berber ⓘ
languageFamily Afroasiatic ⓘ
languageGroup Tuareg ⓘ
regionType Saharan ⓘ
spokenBy Kel Air Tuareg ⓘ
linked to: Kel Air

Tuareg people ⓘ
linked to: Tuareg
spokenIn Aïr region ⓘ
Niger ⓘ
Sahara ⓘ
linked to: Sahara Desert
subclassOf Afroasiatic languages ⓘ
Berber languages ⓘ
Tuareg Berber ⓘ
linked to: Berber
usedFor everyday communication in Kel Air communities ⓘ
oral poetry ⓘ
storytelling ⓘ
traditional songs ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

Tifinagh ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tamajeq → hasDialect → Air Tamajeq ⓘ
Azawagh Tamajeq → closelyRelatedTo → Air Tamajeq ⓘ
Ajjer Tamahaq → closelyRelatedTo → Air Tamajeq ⓘ