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TUAREG [1 record]

Record 1 2014-04-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Inhabitant Names and Names of Peoples
DEF

... seminomadic, pastorialist people of North African Berber origin.

OBS

They are grouped into independent federations and live in southern Algeria, southwestern Libya, Mali and Niger, and in fewer numbers, in Burkina Faso and Nigeria.

Key term(s)
  • Tuareg

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms d’habitants et noms de peuples
DEF

Population de langue berbère habitant principalement le Niger et le Mali, le reste se répartissant entre le sud de l'Algérie, la Libye et le Burkina Faso.

OBS

Peuple du Sahel (Niger). En fait, Touareg est le pluriel de Targui, mais ce nom est rarement utilisé en français.

Key term(s)
  • Targui

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Nombres de habitantes y nombres de pueblos
OBS

tuareg: La Fundación del Español Urgente (Fundéu BBVA), con el asesoramiento de la Real Academia Española, explica que los nombres que designan pueblos o etnias forman el plural siguiendo las reglas de la morfología castellana, de modo que "tuareg" en plural es "tuaregs". Indica asimismo que tales nombres se escriben con minúscula inicial.

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