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References

Christiansen-Bolli, R. (2010). A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali. PhD thesis, Leiden University; published by Rüdiger Köppe (Berber Studies 31); full text in the site library.
Christiansen, N. & Christiansen, R. (2002). Some verb morphology features of Tadaksahak, or: Berber or Songhay, this is the question. SIL Electronic Working Papers 2002-005.
Christiansen, R. & Levinsohn, S. H. (2003). Relative Clauses in Tadaksahak. SIL Electronic Working Papers 2003-003.
Grémont, C., Marty, A., ag Mossa, R. & Hamara Touré, Y. (2004). Les liens sociaux au Nord-Mali. Entre fleuve et dunes. Récits et témoignages. Karthala – IRAM, Paris; full text known to Tudú.
Ag Guidi, A.-M. (2019). Contribution à la connaissance de la communauté Idaksahak (Cas de Ménaka et Talatayt).
Ag Abdoussalam, M. Structure grammaticale d’un parler berbéro-songhay du nord-est malien (tadaksahak) : éléments de linguistique. IPU, Bamako.
Ag Agouzoum, A., Hamadou, A. K. & Ag Abdoussalam, M. Éléments linguistiques du berbère sud et du songhoy septentrional : perspectives historiques en Afrique subsaharienne pour une approche éducative bilingue.
Grémont, C. (2023). L’émancipation politique des Idaksahak.
Souag, L. (2012). The subclassification of Songhay and its historical implications. Journal of African Languages and Linguistics 33 (2), p. 181-213.
Souag, L. (2015). Explaining Korandjé: Language contact, plantations, and the trans-Saharan trade. Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 30 (2), p. 189-224.
Souag, L. (2015). Non-Tuareg Berber and the genesis of nomadic Northern Songhay. Journal of African Languages and Linguistics 36 (1), p. 121-143.
Collet, H. (2024). Les Massūfa dans l’Ouest saharien au XIVe siècle, une souveraineté transsaharienne. Afriques. Débats, méthodes et terrains d’histoire, 15; CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence.

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