Kel Ahaggar was a Tuareg confederation inhabiting the Hoggar Mountains in Algeria . The confederation is believed to have been founded by the Tuareg matriarch Tin Hinan , whose monumental tomb is located at Abalessa . The official establishment is dated to around 1750. It has been largely defunct since 1977, when it was terminated by the Algerian government .
3-511: The language of the confederation is Tamahaq . This Berber -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This African history –related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Tamahaq language Tamahaq also known as ( Tahaggart Tamahaq or Tamahaq Tahaggart ) is the only known Northern Tuareg language , spoken in Algeria , western Libya and northern Niger . It varies little from
6-411: Is called “Tifinagh” and contains 25 letters. Tamahaq nouns belong to two noun classes , traditionally called masculine and feminine , each potentially inflecting for two numbers : singular and plural. General rules of Thumb: There are a few exceptions to these rules: We can also obtain feminine names by adding a T to the beginning and end of a masculine name (although this is not always
9-723: The Southern Tuareg languages of the Aïr Mountains , Azawagh and Adagh . The differences mostly consist of sound substitutions, such as Tamahaq instead of Tamajaq or Tamasheq . This language is “one of the sister languages spoken by the inhabitants of many districts of the Atlas range of mountains from Egypt to the Western shores of Morocco , and which are all included in the general term Berber.” The Tuareg write from right to left, like other abjads such as Hebrew and Arabic. The alphabet
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