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.
Kanuri language Kanuri is a dialect continuum spoken by some four million people, as of 1987, in Nigeria, Niger, Chad and Cameroon, as well as small minorities in southern Libya and by a diaspora in Sudan. It belongs to the Western Saharan subphylum of Nilo-Saharan. Kanuri is the language associated with the Kanem and Bornu empires which dominated the Lake Chad region for a thousand years.