Correspondence

#Tamajeq :
- tǝṇfa
- tǝkṃa

#Tadaksahak :
- tǝṇfa
- tǝkṃa

#Tetserret :
- aṇṇafa
- almaḍarra

Meaning:
- good, utility , usefulness
- harm, damage , hurt

Correspondence

"A small object entering the eye "

#Tamajeq : maslaɣ

#Tadaksahak : ameeḍar

#Tetserret : ameḍer

" Fasting "

#Tamazight : uẓum

#Tamajeq : əẓum

#Tadaksahak : awṣum

#Tetserret : awṣəm

The name of Tamajeq language

#Tagdal : Tamažaq

#Tadaksahak : Tamažaq

#Tetserret : Tamodəšt

The names of these languages in tamajeq :

- tagdalt ( Tagdal)

- tadawsahak ( Tadaksahak)

- šinṣar ( Tetserret)

Correspondence

#Tamajeq :

- təhult

- ahulaɣin

#Tadaksahak :

- tǝškǝnt

- aɣabšiškǝnan

#Tetserret :

- tǝškǝnt

- ǝšiškanǝkan

Meaning :
- Greeting
- I greet

" i forgot "

#Tamajeq : ǝttuwaɣin

#Tadaksahak : aɣaddingan

#Tetserret : ǝɣladǝkan

" Friday "

#Tamajeq : ǝlgǝmǝt

#Tadaksahak : alžimɛan

#Tetserret : əlžimɛan

Borrowed from arabic

Correspondence

Meaning : The eye makeup , antimony

#Tamajeq : Taẓolt

#Tadaksahak : Tašəngəlt

#Tetserret : Təšəngəlt

The root NGL exist also in tamajeq but taẓolt is most common for the eye makeup .

And Taẓult is also the most common word for antimony in other Amazigh languages .

“ Cheese and jujube fruits "

#Tamajeq : Təkommart d izǝggaran

#Tadaksahak : Takammart nda ižwaran

#Tetserret : Təkammart akat əžwarən

" Do you know that ? "

#Tamajeq : Awak tǝzdayam awa ?

#Tadaksahak : Hak andiyuguž aɣoda ?

#Tetserret : Adak tǝgožǝm ayad ?

"The traditional music drum "

#Tamajeq : Tende

#Tadaksahak : Alanjez

#Tetserret : Dongəž

The plural "Books "

#Tamajeq : əlkəttaban

#Tetserret : dəliktab

#Tadaksahak : idadiktab

In many Arabic loanwords , tetserret is closer to tadaksahak than tamajeq

For exemple the word for " Book"

#Tamajeq : ǝlkǝttab

#Tetserret : ǝliktab

#Tadaksahak : adiktab ( < *aliktab )

Correspondence

Meaning : All , all of you

#Tamajeq : ketnawan / kulnawan

#Tadaksahak : andikamil

#Tetserret : ɣǝrǝdǝnnetǝn

The tetserret word ɣǝrǝd (all) is mostly used in tamasheq dialect while in the J dialect in which the speakers of tetserret are bilingual its mostly ket- and kul-

Correspondence

Meaning : I saw six women

#Tamajeq : ǝnaya sǝḍisat tǝḍoḍen

#Tetserret : ǝṣrak šaḍiš tǝṣnagin

#Tadaksahak : aɣagguna surgon šaḍiš

Correspondence

Meaning : Bad word / talk

#Tamajeq : ark awal

#Tetserret : agar ǝlžimǝɛa

#Tadaksahak : agar lelaw

Correspondence

Meaning : prayer, invocation

#Tamajeq : tuwaṭre

#Tadaksahak : addaɛa

#Tetserret : addaɛa

Tetserret has the word 'twatri' but it means 'request, search' and it often used in a secular context while the Tamajeq word 'tuwaṭre' is often used in religious context like addaɛa.

Correspondence

Meaning : Maybe , perhaps

#Tamasheq : iha miši

#Tamajeq : mižənnas

#Tadaksahak : hamnaz

#Tetserret : mižǝnšad

" The heart "

#Tamasheq : ulh

#Tamajeq : əwəl

#Tadaksahak : əwəl

#Tetserret : ul

In most Amazigh languages it's /ul/
Only Tamasheq dialect has retained the *h. And the WL form of Tamajeq and Tadaksahak is strange perhaps a metathesis of *LH/*LB ?

The word for 'Donkey'

#Tamacheq : ešeḍ

#Tamajeq : ažaḍ

#Tagdal : farka

#Tadaksahak : farka

#Tetserret : aɛyil

Correspondence

Meaning : the nose

#Tamajeq : šinžar

#Tagdal : šinžar

#Tadaksahak : tinžar

#Tetserret : tinžar

'The south'

#Tamajeq : Agala

#Tadaksahak : Agala

#Tagdal : Aggala

#Tetserret : Gubər

*The Tetserret word /gubər/ is maybe related to the name of Gobir , an ancient Hausa state

'' The north ''

#Tamajeq_azawagh : Tamaṣna

#Tadaksahak : Tamaṣna

#Tagdal : Tammaṣna

#Tetserret : Agafey

*Tamaṣna is a region north of Azawagh which explains why its name is used to refer to the north in general. In tayert dialect the north is generally 'Ayer' referring to the Ayer Mountains

Correspondence

Meaning : the evening

#Tamahaq : tadǝggat

#Tamajeq : tadwit

#Tadaksahak : tadwit

#Tetserret : tǝšǝdbit

Correspondence

Meaning : darkness

#Tamacheq : tihay

#Tamajeq : šiyay

#Tadaksahak : tallast

#Tetserret : tallast

An Amazigh word for 'Egg' lost in many modern Amazigh languages but preserved in northern songhay languages :

#Korandje : tsaffərts

#Tadaksahak : tafult

#Tagdalt : taful

The only Amazigh languages that preserved this word are now endagered like tetserret, ghomara and some others.

Thz name of Jujube fruit

#Tamacheq : abaka

#Tamajeq : azəggar

#Tetserret : ažwar

#Tadaksahak : ažwar

#Tagdalt : ažwar

Correspondence

Meaning : We are fine

Litt : we thank (God)

#Tamajeq : nǝggoḍay

#Tadaksahak : arǝbgoḍay

#Tetserret : nomǝk

The verb guḍi (to thank) is also attested in Hausa but the way of the borrowing is not clear .

Correspondence

Meaning : Threads

#Tamajeq : šinəlwa

#Tadaksahak : išignan

#Tetserret : šignan

Correspondence

Meaning : i want so much

#Tamajeq : əkne tara

#Tadaksahak : aɣahinjin baaɣa

#Tetserret : ǝsiskarǝk anara

What is interesting is that the three verb aknu/hinjin/səskər mean the same thing 'to repaire' and they can be used to intensify the meaning of a verbal noun