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Ingalkoyyu people

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Ingalkoyyu, Isawaghan
Total population
8,000 (1998)[citation needed]
Languages
Tasawaq language
Religion
Islam
Related ethnic groups
Songhay, Zarma, Tuareg

The Ingalkoyyu or Isawaghan people are a Northern Songhay ethnic group around In-Gall in Niger. They speak Tasawaq, a Northern Songhay dialect.[1][2][3]

References

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  1. ^ Ritter, Georg (2009). Wörterbuch zur Sprache und Kultur der Twareg II Deutsch-Twareg. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. p. 735.
  2. ^ Michael J. Rueck; Niels Christiansen. Northern Songhay languages in Mali and Niger, a sociolinguistic survey. Summer Institute of Linguistics (1999).
  3. ^ Catherine Taine-Cheikh. [Les langues parlées au sud Sahara et au nord Sahel http://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-00456346/]. De l'Atlantique à l'Ennedi (Catalogue de l'exposition « Sahara-Sahel »), Centre Culturel Français d'Abidjan (Ed.) (1989) 155–173