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• … s. It may or may not set the timeframe before the speech act. In the following example the object ‘slave’ is fronted before the verb for focalization. (175) a) igán ṭaamú QST slave aɣa₌kkás? 1s₌become am I a slave? / have I become a slave? b) aɣ₌n 1s₌GEN a-sǝstan SG-ask za LC so my question, this is it: ... hé (a)₌káas₌a ... thing 3s₌become₌3s The last example is almost presentative in character. This use is often found with abstract entities like ‘a story’. Objects that are …

  Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 234

• … use an interrogative particle that precedes the clause. Two forms are attested, both have cognates in Tamasheq. ák is used around Menaka and in the east while igán is found in texts from Talatayt.

  Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 273