The Sawaq language, sometimes also called "Ingelshi", is a northern Songhay language spoken by the "Issawaghan" (or "Ingalkoyyu"), a community surrounding Ingal in Niger, a closely related variety called Emghedeshie was spoken at which is the largest city in central Niger, with a population of 118,244 (2012 census), it lies in the Sahara and is the capital of Aïr?
Tasawaq language The Sawaq language (Tuareg name: "Tasawaq"), sometimes also called "Ingelshi", is a northern Songhay language spoken by the "Issawaghan" (or "Ingalkoyyu"), a community surrounding Ingal in Niger. A closely related variety called Emghedeshie was spoken at Agadez, but is now extinct.
Berbers Berbers (Berber: "Mazices" / "Imaziɣen" / "Imazighen" singular: ⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖ "Amaziɣ" / "Amazigh") are an ethnolinguistic group indigenous to North Africa. They are distributed in an area stretching from the Atlantic Ocean to the Siwa Oasis in Egypt, and from the Mediterranean Sea to the Niger River. Historically, they spoke Berber languages, which together form the Berber branch of the Afroasiatic family. Since the Muslim conquest of North Africa in the seventh century, a large number of Berbers inhabiting the Maghreb (Tamazgha) have acquired different degrees of knowledge of varieties of the languages of North Africa. After the colonization of North Africa by France, "the French government succeeded in integrating the French language in Algeria by making French the official national language and requiring all education to take place in French." Foreign languages, mainly French and to some degree Spanish, inherited from former European colonial powers, are used by most educated Berbers in Algeria and Morocco in some formal contexts, such as higher education or business.