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TUAREG [2 records]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2014-04-23
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Inhabitant Names and Names of Peoples
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- Touareg
1, record 1, English, Touareg
correct, Africa
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
... seminomadic, pastorialist people of North African Berber origin. 2, record 1, English, - Touareg
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 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. 2, record 1, English, - Touareg
Record 1, Key term(s)
- Tuareg
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Noms d’habitants et noms de peuples
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- Touareg
1, record 1, French, Touareg
correct, masculine noun, Africa
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 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. 2, record 1, French, - Touareg
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Peuple du Sahel (Niger). En fait, Touareg est le pluriel de Targui, mais ce nom est rarement utilisé en français. 3, record 1, French, - Touareg
Record 1, Key term(s)
- Targui
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Campo(s) temático(s)
- Nombres de habitantes y nombres de pueblos
Record 1, Main entry term, Spanish
- tuareg
1, record 1, Spanish, tuareg
correct, masculine noun, Africa
Record 1, Abbreviations, Spanish
Record 1, Synonyms, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 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. 1, record 1, Spanish, - tuareg
Record 2 - internal organization data 2014-04-23
Record 2, English
Record 2, Subject field(s)
- Psycho-, Socio- and Ethnolinguistics
Record 2, Main entry term, English
- Tamasheq
1, record 2, English, Tamasheq
correct
Record 2, Abbreviations, English
Record 2, Synonyms, English
- Kidal 1, record 2, English, Kidal%20
correct
- Kidal Tamasheq 1, record 2, English, Kidal%20Tamasheq
correct
- Tamashekin 1, record 2, English, Tamashekin
correct
- Timbuktu 1, record 2, English, Timbuktu
correct
- Tomacheck 1, record 2, English, Tomacheck
correct
- Tuareg 1, record 2, English, Tuareg
pejorative
Record 2, Textual support, English
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Recognized language in Mali. Widespread in northeast Timbuktu, Kidal, and Gao regions. 1, record 2, English, - Tamasheq
Record 2, French
Record 2, Domaine(s)
- Psycho-, socio- et ethnolinguistique
Record 2, Main entry term, French
- tamacheq
1, record 2, French, tamacheq
correct, masculine noun
Record 2, Abbreviations, French
Record 2, Synonyms, French
- touareg 2, record 2, French, touareg
masculine noun
Record 2, Textual support, French
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Langue parlée au Mali. 3, record 2, French, - tamacheq
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 2 OBS
Au Mali, le tamacheq a un alphabet latin officiel depuis 1967, modifié en 1982. 2, record 2, French, - tamacheq
Record 2, Spanish
Record 2, Campo(s) temático(s)
- Psicolingüística, sociolingüística y etnolingüística
Record 2, Main entry term, Spanish
- tamasheq
1, record 2, Spanish, tamasheq
correct, masculine noun
Record 2, Abbreviations, Spanish
Record 2, Synonyms, Spanish
Record 2, Textual support, Spanish
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS
El tamasheq es un idioma bereber. Es la lengua de los tuareg, un pueblo nómada que habita el Sáhara del sur de Argelia y el Sahel occidental. 1, record 2, Spanish, - tamasheq
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