Alidou, Ousseina Dioula. 1997. A Phonological Study of Language Games in Six Languages of Niger. Ann Arbor: Indiana University dissertation. (xi+297pp.)
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Name in source | Glottolog languoid |
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Tamasheq | |
Kanembu | |
Tahaggart Tamahaq | |
Tawallammat Tamajaq | |
Zarma | |
Pulaar | |
Gourmanchéma | |
Hausa | |
Tayart Tamajeq (autotranslated from Maho's coding system)] |