Tadaksahak
Tadáksahak
Native to	Mali, Niger^[1]
Ethnicity	Dawsahak
Native speakers	170,000 (2022)^[2]
Language family	Nilo-Saharan? Songhay Northern Tadaksahak
Writing system	Arabic script Latin alphabet
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`dsq`
Glottolog	`tada1238`
Location of Songhay languages^[3] Northwest Songhay: Korandje Koyra Chiini Tadaksahak Tasawaq Tagdal Eastern Songhay: Tondi Songway Kiini Humburi Senni Koyraboro Senni Zarma language Songhoyboro Ciine Dendi
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Tadaksahak
People	Idaksahak
Language	Tadáksahak

Tadaksahak (also Daoussahak, Dausahaq and other spellings, after the Tuareg name for its speakers, Dăwsăhak)^[4] is a Songhay language spoken by the pastoralist Idaksahak of the Ménaka Region and Gao Region of Mali. Its phonology, verb morphology and vocabulary has been strongly influenced by the neighbouring Tuareg languages, Tamasheq and Tamajaq.

Phonology

		Labial	Alveolar		Post- alveolar	Velar	Uvular	Pharyngeal	Glottal
		Labial	plain	pharyngealized	Post- alveolar	Velar	Uvular	Pharyngeal	Glottal
Nasal		m	n	nˤ		ŋ
Plosive/ Affricate	voiceless		t	tˤ	tʃ	k	q
Plosive/ Affricate	voiced	b	d	dˤ	dʒ	ɡ
Fricative	voiceless	f	s	sˤ	ʃ	x		ħ	h
Fricative	voiced		z	zˤ	ʒ	ɣ		ʕ
Approximant			l	lˤ	j	w
Flap			ɾ	ɾˤ

References

^ A. Chaventré, Évolution anthropo-biologique d'une population Touarègue: les Kel Kummer et leurs apparentés, in: Volume 103 of Institut national d'études démographiques: Travaux et documents, INED 1983, pp.29-33
^ Tadaksahak at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023)
^ This map is based on classification from Glottolog and data from Ethnologue.
^ Ritter, Georg (2009). Wörterbuch zur Sprache und Kultur der Twareg II Deutsch-Twareg. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. p. 735.
^ Christiansen, (2010)

Regula Christiansen, A grammar of Tadaksahak a northern Songhay language of Mali, Leiden University Centre for Linguistics (2010)
Niels and Regula Christiansen, Some verb morphology features of Tadaksahak, or, Berber or Songhay, this is the question, SIL Electronic Working Papers (2002)
Regula Christiansen and Stephen H. Levinsohn, Relative clauses in Tadasahak, SIL Electronic Working Papers (2003)
Michael J. Rueck and Niels Christiansen, Northern Songhay Languages in Mali and Niger: A Sociolinguistic Survey, Proceedings of the 1998 Nilo-Saharan Linguistics Conference (1998)

Working language

National languages

Indigenous
languages

Dogon	Ampari Ana Bankan Tey Ben Tey Bondum Budu Duleri Jamsai Mombo Nanga Penange Tebul Tommo So Western Plains Yanda
Other	Dyula Fula Maninka (N'Ko) Mooré Pulaar Siamou Soninke Supyire Yalunka

Other

Sign languages

Immigrant languages

v t e Songhay languages
Northern	Tadaksahak Tagdal Korandje Tasawaq
Southern	Dendi Humburi Senni Kaado Koyra Chiini Koyraboro Senni Tondi Kiini Zarma