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Almoravid dinars discovered in Saône-et-Loire in France, together with a signet ring bearing a figure that may represent a Roman emperor depicted with the features of the hero Hercules, accompanied by the Latin inscription “AVETE” meaning "Greetings "

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Intenudas @izmarasan.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Correspondence > Your country #Tamajeq : Akal-nawan #Tetserret : Ekel-ənnetən #Tadaksahak : Andən-ganda * Tetserret has lost the cognate of the possessive suffix -nawan

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Intenudas @izmarasan.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Tamajeq / Tetserret : - nawan = ənnetən = yours (mpl.) - nakmat = ənnetnet = yours (fpl.) * The Tetserret word has a cognate in Zenaga which appears only in some cases . So the generalization of ənnetən in Tetserret is maybe influenced by the Tadaksahak "andən" ?

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Maarten Kossmann @maartenkossmann.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Today at NACAL there was a fantastic talk by Massinissa Garaoun on pre-Hispanic toponomy in the Canary Islands. Based on extensive fieldwork, checking pronuniations and the topographical features the terms are connected to, he showed that there are many toponyms that are clearly...

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Intenudas @izmarasan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Tamajeq / Tetserret : - ašu = ešb = drink ! - išwa = išba = he drank - iṣaṣṣu = ises = he is drinking - ad ašu = ad yešb = he will drink - teṣṣe = tšeši = drinking

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Fabulous fragment of an ancient Egyptian wall relief with three bears and an oil jar. The paint has survived some 4,500 years! Limestone relief from the Pyramid Temple of Sahure, Old Kingdom, 5th Dynasty, c. 2496-2483 BC. Neues Museum, Berlin 📷 by me #ReliefWednesday #Archaeology

My photo shows a circa 4,500-year-old limestone relief with some well-preserved paint in places, from the funerary temple of Sahure at Abusir, measuring 39 × 35 × 8.5 cm. It shows three bears (partial view only) and a tall one-handled pottery vessel, across two registers. The upper register at left, shows the two leds and hindquarters of a bear, and at right, a bear’s lowered head, chest, and foreleg, painted mid-brown. The lower register at left shows a tall, dark-reddish-brown pottery vessel with a long neck and single handle, and at right, the lowered head, neck, shoulder, and top of foreleg of a dark-brown bear. The bears wear collars tethered by ropes to looped fixtures in the ground. The fragment comes from a wall scene depicting tributes from the Levant. Bears were not native to Egypt. The bears represented are Syrian brown bears (Ursus arctos syriacus), which were quite common in Levantine mountain regions in antiquity. They were kept as exotic animals in enclosures by Egyptian kings, and also hunted.

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Intenudas @izmarasan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Tetserret : - ifoš = he told - iffaš = he is telling - ad yofəš = he will tell, inform - ittəfaš = it was told, disclosed - təffəšt = the act of telling, praising - nəšfaš = information * This root FS is not common in modern Amazigh but its attested in the medieval dictionary of Ibn Tunart

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Intenudas @izmarasan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

These Tifinagh inscriptions are finely carved into the rock, and if we not paying attention we might not even notice them. There are probably many other inscriptions of this kind .

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Intenudas @izmarasan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Tifinagh inscriptions from Moghrar Tahtani It's likely a name written twice : WNTƔZN Which could means : son of NTƔZN Or : the one of TƔZN

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Intenudas @izmarasan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Correspondence Meaning : person , human being #Tamasheq : Awadəm #Tamajeq : Awedan #Zenaga : Aragaž , Aragah #Hassaniya : Aragaž #Tetserret : Afagan

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Intenudas @izmarasan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The Tachelhit word Afgan and the Tetserret word Afagan that mean 'Human being , person' are ralated to this ancient amazigh word that means "to be slave" . A semantic shift similar to that of the Arabic word ɛabd

Vermondo Brugnatelli :
Some grammatical features of Ancient Eastern Berber (the language of the Mudawwana)

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Intenudas @izmarasan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The word for Hyena >Tamajeq : Tazori > Tamasheq : Tašori > Tubu : Zoor > Hausa : kura

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Intenudas @izmarasan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Tamajeq / Tetserret / Tadaksahak : - tukse = əkərora = korra = heat - təsməḍe = təšməddi = fufu = cold * əkərora and korra are probably related and maybe wonder if they could also be related to arabic الحرارة through the songhay . Arabic > Songhay > Tadaksahak/Tetserret ?

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Intenudas @izmarasan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

There used to be rhinoceroses in what is now the Sahara desert , and the people who lived there depicted them on stones !

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Intenudas @izmarasan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The negative meaning of the name ibarkorayan is used even by groups who call themselves ibarkorayan because it has become a Tamajeq word , especially to scold their children when they do silly things .

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Intenudas @izmarasan.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Correspondence : - Meaning : Hangar , kind of tent #Tamajeq : Tafala #Tetserret : Təfilaw And "House" #Awjili : Tfilli

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Intenudas @izmarasan.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The Dasa project is a uranium mining project in northern Niger near Adrar Emoles, operated by SOMIDA , a joint venture between the Canadian Global Atomic Corporation and the State of Niger .

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Intenudas @izmarasan.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

From the Catalan Atlas, attributed to Abraham Cresques and his son Jehuda. You can see here the Emperor of Mali and a veiled Sanhaja

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Intenudas @izmarasan.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Tamazight / Tetserret : - asggʷas = šabbaš - lggʷaɣ = labba - zggʷaɣ = žobba

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Yoïn van Spijk @yvanspijk.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Why does ‘Dutch’ refer to the Low Countries, but ‘Deutsch’ to Germany? It’s because their ancestor denoted any vernacular continental West Germanic language. Only later did their meanings specify. Zoom in to read more – and to learn how ‘Teuton’, ‘Theodoric’, and ‘Derek’ are related as well:

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Intenudas @izmarasan.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Tamajeq / Tetserret : - Ammaṣ = Ammaš = the middle - Efe = Er = the edge - Tama = Tama = the side

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Intenudas @izmarasan.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Tamajeq/ Tetserret : - wen = won - ten = ton - win = wid - šin = tid - winden = winon - šinden = tinon

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Intenudas @izmarasan.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I wonder why Tetserret has an /i/ in the pronoun I and you => Nik , Kig In Tamajeq it's /a/ => Nak , Kay

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Maarten Kossmann @maartenkossmann.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

As you all know, the Musulami were the important Gaetulian group to which Tacfarinas belonged. There may be one stela that commemorates a member of this group, RIL 808. It comes from the ruins of Sila in the region of Sigus, south of Constantine in Algeria, and looks like this ⬇️

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Intenudas @izmarasan.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

The Arabs of Southeastern Niger : While the Arabs of the northwest of Niger came from Algeria and Mauritania and speak a dialect related to Hassaniya, the Arabs of southeastern Niger come from Libya . And the president Bazoum Mohamed is from this southeastern arab community .

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Intenudas @izmarasan.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

The name of the little support of traditional tuareg bed #Tamajeq : Təbataqqat #Tetserret : Tǝḥadrat This kind of bed is suitable for a nomadic lifestyle it can be easily disassembled and transported .

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Maarten Kossmann @maartenkossmann.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Chances are exceedingly low that I will ever have the chance to visit Bouchegouf. But if I do, I will certainly visit the French cemetery to pay my respects to ZNN, son of YRNBT from the NMRSH group. Note that, during his lifetime, he was a MSWH. (RIL 451) @bnuyaminim.bsky.social

"La stèle se trouve au cimetière de Duvivier sur la tombe de M. Mougel. On a gravé au revers : J. Mougel, presb., defunctus die 9 aug. 1894"

RIL 451 (Aïn el-Kebch). copy by Mougel, dated 15.10.1878 in Bouchegouf (ex-Duvivier)

Neo-Punic: zᶜnn bn yrnbᶜt hnmrsy

Libyan: ZNN RṢH / W-YRNBT / NMRSH / MSWH

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Intenudas @izmarasan.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Before this post i thought that the word for 'back' amarẓi/marṣayǝn is only found in western amazigh , but its attested in northern amazigh . Now we may wonder why in Tetserret its a plural tantum 'Marṣayən' .

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Intenudas @izmarasan.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

A sahelian word > Meaning : Evil eye, curse #Tamajeq : Tagaršak #Zenaga : Tgaršəgt #Songhay : Garsaka #Fulani : Garsa But Tetserret has 'təḍ' which a calque on arabic العين

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Yoïn van Spijk @yvanspijk.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

If it hadn’t been for French, the word for “debt” would’ve been *shild, from Old English ‘sċyld’. It’s related to ‘shall’, whose original meaning was “to owe”. Similarly, ‘debt’ is related to French ‘devoir’ (“to owe”). My two new graphics tell you all about these words and their relationships:

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Intenudas @izmarasan.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Correspondence : The word for shoe #Tamajeq : aɣatem, pl: iɣateman #Tetserret : tǝzǝglit, pl: šilan What could explainthe fact in Tetserret, the singular and plural have two different roots ?

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Intenudas @izmarasan.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Tamajeq / Tetserret : - tukṣe = akərora - ikkuṣan = ikrarən - tənəṣmuṭ = təšməddi - ṣəmmiḍan = šammaḍən - šiẓaḍa = əṣṣəḍ - iẓoḍan = iṣṣuḍən - təkma = almaḍdarra - ikman = iḍḍərran

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Intenudas @izmarasan.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

The full proverb in Tamajeq says : Aṃaṇ iṃaṇ Ax isudar Iṣan alɣar Taba iṣǝkyak Water is life Milk is the means of survival Meat is shame Tobacco is a vice

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Intenudas @izmarasan.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Maybe you know the proverb aman iman (Water is life) . In tamajeq dialect there emphasis in that words : aṃaṇ iṃaṇ But Tetserret has no emphasis in that words like Tamasheq .

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Intenudas @izmarasan.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

And never forget that Tifinagh is a plural !

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Intenudas @izmarasan.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

In tamajeq dialect Tifinagh is called Šifinaɣ and Tinariwen is Šiṇaṛiwen ⵜⵉⴼⵉⵏⵗ => ⵛⵉⴼⵉⵏⵗ ⵜⵉⵏⴰⵔⵉⵓⵢⵏ => ⵛⵉⵏⴰⵔⵉⵓⵢⵏ In general this change doesn't occur in Tetserret but in word of tamajeq origin like Šifinaɣ they speakers of Tetserret often say Šifinaɣ like in Tamajeq.

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Intenudas @izmarasan.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

> The person who will leave #Tamajeq : awedan wazzaglin #Tetserret : afagan watšarnoɣadayn > The person who will not leave #Tamajeq : awedan wa wər zanaglu #Tetserret : afagan wad wər šarnoɣadayn

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Intenudas @izmarasan.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

> You're the one who will go around midday #Tamajeq : kay azzaglin tazzar-a #Tetserret : kig šarnoɣǝdayn tažbarin-ad > You're the one who fetches water from the well #Tamajeq : kay azzigmiyan aman s anu #Tetserret : kig šarnəttorən aman š oməž

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Intenudas @izmarasan.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Tamajeq / Tetserret : - ahantat da = anšit ellad - wər tatahen = wər šitan - aheqqat da = atš ellad - wər tatahe = wər šitak

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Intenudas @izmarasan.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

> Until he gets there #Tamajeq : har aṣu den #Tetserret : har yeš ellun

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Intenudas @izmarasan.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Tamajeq / Tetserret : - har agu = har yeg - har aslu = har yešl - har alsu = har yelš - har atšu = har yetš - har ašu = har yešb - har akfu = har yekf - har ayyu = har yegg

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Intenudas @izmarasan.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Tamajeq / Tetserret : - qam da = ɛayyim ellad - qam ǝddi = ɛayyim ellid

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Intenudas @izmarasan.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

I don't why but the engravings in the Neolithic central Sahara were very realistic unlike engravings from more recent times .

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Intenudas @izmarasan.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Tifinagh inscriptions on Neolithic cattle engravings in the central Sahara ▪︎ Gauthier

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Intenudas @izmarasan.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

- Tetserret / Tadaksahak : - əliktab = adiktab = book - dəliktab = idadiktab = books - takarḍast = takarḍast = letter - təkərḍaw = təkərḍaw = letters

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Intenudas @izmarasan.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Tamajeq / Tetserret : - Abayoɣ = Ayddid = Water bag - Anwar = Agawšal = Milk bag

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Intenudas @izmarasan.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

This tachelhit word "igiyz" seems to be the cognat of Tetserret "igez" (young camel). But in Tetserret igez is just a young camel the new-born is called Awara .

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Intenudas @izmarasan.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

This engraving from the central Sahara dates back to the Neolithic pastoral period . Look at the details of the clothing of these figures !

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