The exact number of Tuareg speakers per territory is uncertain. Around half this number consists of speakers of the Eastern dialect ( Tamajaq, Tawallammat). According to Ethnologue, there are an estimated 1.2 million Tuareg speakers. These tongues belong to the Berber branch of the Afroasiatic family. The Tuareg traditionally speak the Tuareg languages, also known as Tamasheq, Tamachen, Tamashekin, Tomacheck and Kidal. The Tuareg are the majority ethnic group in the Kidal Region of northeastern Mali. Their combined population in these territories exceeds 2.5 million, with an estimated population in Niger of around 2 million (11% of inhabitants) and in Mali of another 0.5 million (3% of inhabitants). The Tuareg today inhabit a vast area in the Sahara, stretching from far southwestern Libya to southern Algeria, Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso. The traditional distribution of the Tuareg in the Sahara
Another term for the Tuareg is Imuhagh or Imushagh, a cognate to the northern Berber self-name Imazighen.
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The English exonym "Blue People" is similarly derived from the indigo color of the tagelmust veils and other clothing, which sometimes stains the skin underneath giving it a blueish tint. Two other Tuareg self-designations are Kel Tamasheq ( Neo-Tifinagh: Kel Tamasheq), meaning "speakers of Tamasheq", and Kel Tagelmust, meaning "veiled people" in allusion to the tagelmust garment that is traditionally worn by Tuareg men. As such, the endonym strictly refers only to the Tuareg nobility, not the artisanal client castes and the slaves. However, they all reflect the same linguistic root, expressing the notion of "freemen". Spellings of the appellation vary by Tuareg dialect. The term for a Tuareg man is Amajagh (variants: Amashegh, Amahagh), the term for a woman Tamajaq (variants: Tamasheq, Tamahaq, Timajaghen). Another theory is that Tuareg is derived from Tuwariq, the plural of the Arabic exonym Tariqi. Targa in Berber means "(drainage) channel". It would appear that Twārəg is derived from the broken plural of Tārgi, a name whose former meaning was "inhabitant of Targa", the Tuareg name of the Libyan region commonly known as Fezzan. The origin and the meaning of the name Tuareg have long been debated, with various etymologies hypothesized. The Tuareg have controlled several trans-Saharan trade routes and have been an important party to the conflicts in the Saharan region during the colonial and post-colonial era. Tuareg society has traditionally featured clan membership, social status and caste hierarchies within each political confederation. The Tuareg have been one of the ethnic groups that have been historically influential in the spread of Islam and its legacy in North Africa and the adjacent Sahel region. However, their sometimes Sub-Saharan appearance is attributed to their involvement in the trans-Saharan slave trade this is supported by recent genetic studies.
A semi-nomadic people who practice Islam, they are believed to be descendants of the Berber natives of North Africa. The Tuaregs have been called the "blue people" for the indigo dye coloured clothes they traditionally wear and which stains their skin. The Tuareg speak languages of the same name (also known as Tamasheq), which belong to the Berber branch of the Afroasiatic family. Traditionally nomadic pastoralists, small groups of Tuareg are also found in northern Nigeria. The Tuareg people ( / ˈ t w ɑːr ɛ ɡ/ also spelt Twareg or Touareg endonym: Imuhaɣ/Imušaɣ/Imašeɣăn/Imajeɣăn ) are a large Berber ethnic group that principally inhabit the Sahara in a vast area stretching from far southwestern Libya to southern Algeria, Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso.
Tuareg languages ( Tafaghist, Tamahaq, Tamasheq, Tamajeq, Tawellemmet), Maghrebi Arabic, French, Hassaniya Arabic
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