Tadaksahak

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.

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

Phonology

Vowels

Phonemic vowels^[5]

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i, iː		u, uː
Mid	e, eː	ə	o, oː
Open	a, aː

Phonetic vowels^[5]

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i iː		u uː
Near-close	[ɪ]
Mid	e eː	ə	o oː
Open-mid	[ɛ] [ɛː]	[ɐ]	[ʌ]	[ɔ ɔː]
Open	[æ]	a aː	[ɑ]

Consonants

Phonemic consonants^[6]

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

See also

• Tadaksahak word list (Wiktionary)