| Language name: | TAMASHEQ |
| UPSID number: | 4357 |
| Alternate name(s): | TUAREG |
| Classification: | Afro-Asiatic, Berber |
| This language has | 37 segments |
| Its Frequency index is | 0.288368191 (average percentage of segments; 0.1: many very rare segments; 0.39: average; 0.7: many common segments) |
| The language has these sounds: | b dD tD dj k g q dD9 tD9 f sD zD S Z X RF h zD9 m nD nj w j rD lD i "e aa 4 "@ "o u i: "e: aa: "o: u: |
| Comment: | All consonants may appear long (geminate). Prasse's description indicates that there are five long/short vowel pairs and two vowels that only occur short, but details are unclear. |
| Source(s): | Prasse, K-G. 1972. Manuel de Grammaire Touaregue. Akademisk Forlag, Copenhagen. |