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The Tuareg are the majority ethnic group in the Kidal Region of northeastern Mali. [27] The Tuareg traditionally speak the Tuareg languages, also known as Tamasheq, Tamajeq or Tamahaq, depending on the dialect. [28] These languages belong to the Berber branch of the Afroasiatic family. [13]
Each Tuareg clan (tawshet) is made up of family groups constituting a tribe, [28] each led by its chief, the amghar. A series of tawsheten (plural of tawshet) may bond together under an Amenokal, forming a Kel clan confederation. Tuareg self-identification is related only to their specific Kel, which means "those of
The Tuareg (English: / ˈ t w ɑːr ɛ ɡ /) languages constitute a group of closely related Berber languages and dialects. They are spoken by the Tuareg Berbers in large parts of Mali , Niger , Algeria , Libya , and Burkina Faso , with a few speakers, the Kinnin , in Chad .
French view of a Tuareg man from Timbuktu, c.1890s. The Iwellemmedan (Iwəlləmədǎn), also spelled Iullemmeden, Aulliminden, Ouilliminden, Lullemmeden, and Iwellemmeden, are one of the seven major Tuareg tribal or clan confederations (called "Drum groups"). Their communities are historically nomadic and intermixed with other ethnic groups.
Ethnic classifications vary from country to country and are therefore not comparable across countries. While some countries make classifications based on broad ancestry groups or characteristics such as skin color (e.g., the white ethnic category in the United States and some other countries), other countries use various ethnic, cultural ...
In marriages, the man usually selects the woman, and depending on the tribe, the family often makes the decision. In contrast, in the Tuareg culture, the woman chooses her future husband. The rites of marriage are different for each tribe. Families are either patriarchal or matriarchal, according to the tribe. [229]
Additionally, entire communities became servile to aristocratic tribes, conquered in situ, formed by migration of Ikelan families or even other ethnic groups moving into Tuareg controlled communities seeking protection. Sometimes members of rival Kels, defeated in war, were subsumed as lower castes, but usually of higher level than the Ikelan.
Ethnic Tuareg in Burkina Faso are believed to number around 1,500,000. [1] See also. Tuareg; References This page was last edited on 15 November 2023, at 14:15 ...