Tuareg

[twah-reg]

noun

1. a Berber or Hamitic-speaking member of the Muslim nomads of the Sahara.

2. the language of the Tuaregs, a Berber language of the Afroasiatic family.

Tuareg

/ ˈtwɑːrɛɡ /

noun

1. a member of a nomadic Berber people of the Sahara

2. the dialect of Berber spoken by this people

Word History and Origins

Origin of Tuareg¹

From the dialectal Arabic word Ṭawārig

Example Sentences

He was at the helm of the Tuareg uprising against the Malian government in 2012 which sought to establish an independent state for the Tuareg people called Azawad.

From BBC

For many years, the Malian government has been struggling against both Tuareg rebels seeking a breakaway state in the north and jihadist groups linked to Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State group.

From BBC

Ukrainian Special Forces reportedly supplied drones and training to Tuareg rebels that resulted in an ambush, killing 84 Russian mercenaries and 47 Malian soldiers.

From BBC

Russian military contractors fight alongside the Malian army in its campaign against jihadists and ethnic Tuareg separatists, while they also help to protect the senior leadership of the juntas in Niger and Burkina Faso.

From BBC

Ansar Dine was one of several Islamist militant groups to exploit an ethnic Tuareg uprising to take over cities in northern Mali.

From BBC