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'''Tetserret''' is a ] dialect similar to northern Berber languages. |
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It is very important for Berber linguists as it is a genuine testimony of the kinship between the Tuareg people and Berber groups in North-Africa and a precious link between Berber-Tuareg languages. |
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|nativename=Tin Sert |
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|familycolor=Afro-Asiatic |
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|states={{flagcountry|Niger}} |
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|speakers=few thousand? |
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'''Tetserret''' is a ] dialect similar to northern Berber languages. It is spoken mainly by the ] tribe of the Akabinu or ] commune in ]. The name, also ''Shinsert'' or ''Tin Sert'', means 'the language of ]'. |
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It contains vocabulary similar to different Berber languages in North-Africa, and may link the Tuareg and northern Berber languages.{{dubious}} For example, ''afagan'' (man) resembles ]; ''aiddid'' (goatskin container for water) resembles ]; and ''awdosh'' (ox) recalls ]. |
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Tetserret is spoken mainly by the ] Tuareg group in the Akabinu or ] commune in ]. |
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It contains vocabulary similar to different Berber languages in North-Africa, and may link the Tuareg and northern Berber languages. For example, afagan (man) resembles Moroccan Tamazight; aiddid (goatskin container for water) resembles Ghadames; and awdosh (ox) recalls Hassaniya Arabic.
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