Tamahaq (written version) (THVWBT)

Overview

The Tamahaq written version contains Scripture portions in Tahaggart Tamahaq, a Northern Tuareg/Berber language spoken by approximately 156,000 people across Algeria, Libya, and Niger. [1] At 118 pages, this edition contains selected portions rather than a complete New Testament. Tamahaq has a native writing system (Tifinagh), but this translation uses Latin script. The Tuareg people of the Sahara have had some Scripture portions available since the early 20th century, with Charles de Foucauld, a French hermit and missionary who lived among the Tuareg in Algeria, compiling the earliest Tamahaq dictionary and translating texts in the early 1900s. [2]

Language and People

Tahaggart Tamahaq (ISO 639-3: thv) is spoken by approximately 20,000 people in Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia and Western Sahara. [Glottolog: taha1241]

Publishing and Organizations

Published by Wycliffe Bible Translators USA.

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