Adolphe HANOTEAU
Essai de grammaire de la langue "Tamachek", renfermant les principes du langage parlé par les "Imouchar" ou Touareg, des conversations en "Tamachek", des fac-simile d'écriture en caractères "Tifinar", et une carte indiquant les parties de l'Algérie où la langue berbère est encore en usage
[Essay on the Grammar of the "Tamachek" Language, containing the principles of the language spoken by the "Imouchar" or Tuareg, with conversations in "Tamachek"]
Imprimerie Impériale (1851-1870)|Paris 1860|15.8 x 24.2 cm|Broché
First edition (a second edition appeared in 1896) illustrated with 6 facsimiles and a large folding map.
Not in Tailliart.
Foxing, spine cracked with small losses, a few corner defects to the boards, also lightly soiled at the margins.
Adolphe Hanoteau (1814-1897) pursued his entire military career in Algeria, attaining the rank of brigadier general; he devoted most of his work to the study of the Kabyle language, customs, and institutions. Tamasheq is a Tuareg language spoken primarily by the Tuaregs of Mali.
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