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==Subclassification== {{tree list}} *'''Tuareg''' **Northern ***[[Tamahaq language|Tamahaq]] – language of the [[Kel Ahaggar]], and [[Kel Ajjer]] spoken in Algeria, western [[Libya]] and in the north of Niger by around 77,000 people. Also known as Tahaggart. **Southern ***[[Tamasheq language|Tamasheq]] – language of the [[Kel Adagh|Kel Adrar]] (also known as [[Adrar des Ifoghas]]), spoken in Mali by approximately 500,000 people. ***[[Air Tamajeq language|Air Tamajaq]] – language of the [[Kel Ayr|Kel Ayer]] (sometimes spelled Aïr), spoken in Niger by approximately 250,000 people.<ref>{{cite web| title=Ethnologue report for language code: thz | url=http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=thz | access-date=August 17, 2012 | work=Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Sixteenth edition}}</ref> ***[[Tawellemmet language|Tawellemet]] – language of the Iwellemmeden, spoken in Mali and Niger by approximately 800,000 people. The term [[Iwellemmedan_people|Iwellemmeden]] (the name of the people) is sometimes used to denote the language. ***Tamashaq language of Kal Asakan.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}} {{tree list/end}} [[Roger Blench|Blench]] (ms, 2006) lists the following as separate languages, with dialects in parentheses:<ref>[http://rogerblench.info/Language/Afroasiatic/General/AALIST.pdf AA list], Blench, ms, 2006</ref> *[[Tawellemmet language|Tawellemet]] (Abalagh/East, West) *[[Air Tamajeq language|Tayiṛt]] (Ingal, Gofat) *[[Air Tamajeq language|Tamesgrest]] (Azerori) *[[Tafaghist language|Tafaghist]] *[[Tamahaq language|Tahaggart/Ahaggar]] *[[Tamahaq language|Ghat]] Speakers of [[Tetserret language|Tin Sert]] (Tetserret) identify as Tuareg, but the language is [[Tetserret language|Tetserret]], a [[Western Berber languages|Western Berber]].
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