Tasawaq
Tasawaq
Native to	Niger
Region	Agadez
Ethnicity	Isawaghan/Ingalkoyyu
Native speakers	21,000 (2021) [1]
Language family	Nilo-Saharan ? Songhay Northern Tasawaq
Dialects	Ingelshi Emghedeshie
Language codes
ISO 639-3	twq
Glottolog	tasa1240
ELP	Tasawaq
Location of Songhay languages [2] 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: Tes?w?q ), ^[3] 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 . ^{[4] [5]} 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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