Tasawaq language

Tasawaq (Tuareg name: Tesăwăq),^[3] sometimes also called Ingelshi, is a Northern Songhay language spoken by the Issawaghan or Ingalkoyyu, a community surrounding the town of In-Gall in Niger.^[4][5] A closely related variety called Emghedeshie was spoken in Agadez but is now extinct.

Tasawaq
Tásàwàq
Native to	Niger
Region	Agadez
Ethnicity	Isawaghan/Ingalkoyyu
Native speakers	21,000 (2021)[1]
Language family	Nilo-Saharan? Songhay Northern Tasawaq
Dialects	Ingelshi Emghedeshie
Language codes
ISO 639-3	twq
Glottolog	tasa1240
ELP	Tasawaq
Location of Songhay languages[2] Northwest Songhay:   Korandje   Koyra Chiini   Tadaksahak   Tasawaq   Tagdal Eastern Songhay:   Tondi Songway Kiini   Humburi Senni   Koyraboro Senni   Zarma language   Songhoyboro Ciine   Dendi

Sawaq
Person	Asawagh / Ingalkoy
People	Isawaghan / Ingalkoyyu
Language	Tasawaq / Ingelshi

It shares some similarities with Berber languages, e.g. Tamasheq. For example in both languages, the grammatical gender of a noun is female if it begins and ends with the letter t.